December 31, 2025, 9:25 AM ET George Clooney at the 66th Venice Film Festival, Sept. 8, 2009. The world’s richest people saw their wealth increase more than ever in 2025, but a funny thing happened along the way. Many of them seemed to decide that their best prospects for the future don’t lie on the western side of the Atlantic, even though the exceptional performance of U.S. equity markets is driving much of these gains. A growing share of the ultra-elite are quietly voting with their feet

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SAN FRANCISCO—California’s proposed 5% wealth tax on billionaires is igniting fierce backlash from Silicon Valley’s elite, with tech founders openly threatening to relocate amid fears it could cripple innovation and drain state revenues.

Peter Thiel, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg would each have to shell out billions of dollars under a proposed California wealth tax that is causing a stir among the Bay Area’s tech tycoons — and the state’s own Democrats.

Elon Musk became the first person ever worth $700 billion earlier this month, according to Forbes.

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Warren Buffett's key to investing is simple: own good businesses or index funds and hold them for the long term. Avoid trading in and out of positions. Costs, taxes, and churn are stealth portfolio killers.

Warren Buffett believes you should invest in businesses that you understand, rather than in the investing fad that everyone is talking about. Instead of jumping on what’s hot, Buffett has been staying away from tech and hoarding T-bills/cash, while shrinking his Apple (AAPL) stake.

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R360's Barbara Goodstein says Berkshire Hathaway's coming shake-up is an opportunity for investors. Appearing on CNBC, Goodstein said Berkshire stock was trading at a "succession discount." Longtime Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett is set to retire at the end of the year.

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The mere threat of a billionaire tax landing on the California ballot in 2026 has already prompted some of the state’s ultra-wealthy to move their residences and assets elsewhere, according to one tax adviser.

A new JPMorgan report surveying over 100 billionaires highlights seven core practices that consistently appear in their lives.

Artificial intelligence didn't just dominate headlines in 2025—it quietly turned more than 50 people into billionaires, reports Forbes .

Tech gains continued to power the wealth of the world’s richest.

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