The gap between average worker wages and Canada’s top-paid CEOs widened to a

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In the heart of Silicon Valley, where innovation and immense fortunes collide, a bold legislative proposal is stirring unprecedented unrest among the tech elite.

Like it or not, the artificial-intelligence race is playing out on X. That fact has some big implications.

Berkshire has "a better chance I think of being here 100 years from now than any company I can think of," Buffett said.

Like other great dreamers before him, Musk lives in a world of endless possibilities where nothing is impossible. Jan 2, 2026 Elon Musk.. Regardless of what you think about Elon Musk — good or bad, fascinated or indifferent — one thing can’t be denied: Elon Musk is a business genius who has started up or grown a huge empire of disruptive businesses. From Tesla to SpaceX to xAI and more, Musk’s ventures have truly made a dent in the universe. And while not everything that Musk touches turns to

Renowned investors Warren Buffett and Mark Cuban have unanimously expressed that the most rewarding investment is the one made in oneself. Both Buffett and Cuban, who have accumulated substantial wealth through diverse investment strategies, identified self-improvement as their top investment. Buffett, who escalated his net worth from $10 million at age 30 to an estimated $147 billion, is of the opinion that self-investment generates the highest returns. “investing in yourself is the best thing

A Florida federal judge ruled in favour of Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks.

January 1, 2026, 8:32 AM ET Mark Cuban shares his business communication preferences. Like Gen Zers, billionaire Mark Cuban isn’t a fan of phone calls. “No, I don’t do calls,” said the former Shark Tank star and Dallas Mavericks owner in a TikTok video posted by Masterclass. “You know, I’ll engage with you via email, and trust me, I do this all the time. I’m really good at it.” | Newsletter But Cuban’s logic for his proclivity toward email over the phone is very different from younger

The billionaires you’ve never heard of control the brands you know – and new financial filings reveal they’re making astronomical profits while often staying under the radar.

There are countless articles and profiles of entrepreneurs who dropped out of college. Fortune magazine recently featured several, including Figma CEO Dylan Field and Scale founder Lucy Guo, the world’s youngest self-made billionaire woman, who built her own fortune.

Jan 02, 2026 11:21 GMT Investing.com -- Billionaire founders, CEOs, and directors of major tech companies sold more than $16 billion worth of shares in 2025, with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos leading the pack. Bezos topped the list by selling 25 million Amazon shares worth $5.7 billion, according to data from Washington Service tracking insider sales through December 30. The Amazon chair executed these sales under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 trading plan that coincided with his wedding to Lauren Sanchez. This

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Warren Buffett calls self‑development “the best investment by far” because skills can’t be taxed or “inflated away.” The next‑best hedge is to own stock in companies whose products require little new capital but can raise prices at the rate of inflation or even higher.

CNBC's Becky Quick reports on news regarding Berkshire Hathaway.

The salaries of the top CEOs are staggering compared to what the average worker takes home. For the average American, a full year of work brings in $62,088. But for leaders of Fortune 500 companies, that amount can be pocket change earned in mere hours.

December 31, 2025, 2:40 PM ET Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks to reporters before presiding over the annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., May 4, 2019. The advice that legendary investor Warren Buffett offered on investing and life over the years helped earn him legions of followers who eagerly read his annual letters and filled an arena in Omaha every year to listen to him at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meetings. Buffett’s last day as CEO is Wednesday after

December 30, 2025, 7:30 AM ET Warren Buffett and Bill Gates on the exhibit floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 6, 2017. Despite his long-standing friendship with the Microsoft co-founder, Buffett was a latecomer to tech investing. Warren Buffett is to investing what Einstein was to physics, Edison was to invention, and Mozart was to music. There will never be another one like him, and you should pity anyone who says they aspire to be “the next Warren

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.

Opponents say tax proposal is driving high-net-worth residents out of state. It would retroactively apply to billionaires who were residents on Jan. 1.

Washington H. Soul Pattinson capped 2025 with a tidy profit from a $US300m Nasdaq float of a drive‑through coffee chain and a takeover of its part-owned Malaysian healthcare company. It wants to be a family office, and it’s living up to it.

Some of Australia’s wealthiest people have more than tripled their money this year, but others have watched billions evaporate as markets punish struggling businesses like Myer, Domino’s Pizza and WiseTech.

Forbes asked 34 billionaires in early 2025 how they thought the S&P 500 would fare. Turns out, not even billionaires can see the future.