In Robert Greene's seminal work The 48 Laws of Power, Law 24—"Play the Perfect Courtier"—stands as perhaps the most comprehensive and practically applicable laws in the entire book. Unlike the other laws that focus on singular strategies or tactics, Law 24 functions as a master class in navigating t

In Robert Greene's The 48 Laws of Power, Law 22 stands as one of the most counterintuitive yet profoundly strategic principles: "Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power." At its core, this law challenges our instinctive association of surrender with defeat, repositioning it as a soph

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Everyone starts somewhere — even billionaires. Many of the world’s richest entrepreneurs and innovators turned their first jobs into careers that produced massive wealth. Others succeeded with persistence and vision.

December 28, 2025, 1:22 PM ET Palmer Luckey at Anduril's headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. A proposed wealth tax aimed at billionaires hasn’t yet qualified for California’s ballot, but it’s already sparked intense pushback from tech founders in the state. It started when the New York Times reported that venture capitalist Peter Thiel and Google cofounder Larry Page were looking into leaving California in case the tax becomes law. | Newsletter Democratic Rep. Ro

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said that Washington state’s fiscal outlook took a significant hit after Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos relocated from the state to Florida in late 2023. Taxpayers ‘Flee’ Due To Bad Policies On Sunday, in a post on X, DeSantis said that the state of Washington had “lost its biggest taxpayer,” referring to Bezos’ recent move to Florida. According to DeSantis, this single relocation of a billionaire entrepreneur has resulted in “a major impact” on

The CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, billionaire Bill Ackman, publicly rescinded his support for Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) over the weekend, accusing the congressman of “losing his way” for defending a controversial new California wealth tax proposal. Accusation Of Flip-Flop In a post on X, Ackman highlighted what he sees as a policy contradiction by the congressman. He shared a 2024 CNBC clip in which Khanna argued against a “blanket tax on unrealized gains,” explaining why

This year was a “mask off” moment for our resident rich people.

It's not every day someone discovers their family is worth billions—after they've already finished college. But that's exactly what happened to Peter Buffett, the son of investing legend Warren Buffett, who says he didn't truly grasp their wealth until his 20s. The trigger? A casual conversation with his mom after his dad's name showed up on Forbes' list of the richest Americans. "There he was, on this list," Peter said during a roundtable at Forbes' Second Annual Summit on Philanthropy in 2013.

Beyoncé has officially achieved billionaire status, according to Forbes, making her the fifth musician to reach this milestone. She joins an exclusive group of artists including her husband Jay-Z, Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna.

December 29, 2025, 11:51 AM ET Russian businessman Oleg Tinkov attends the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg on June 6, 2019. Former Russian banking tycoon Oleg Tinkov says a single Instagram post condemning the war in Ukraine cost him nearly $9 billion, after he was forced to sell his stake in his bank for a fraction of its real value. He described the episode as a “hostage” situation that shows how dissenting billionaires are brought to heel in Vladimir

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A joint venture controlled by Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin has acquired a 25% stake in IT infrastructure provider Selectel, one of the venture's partners said on Monday, as Moscow seeks to boost development of home-grown artificial intelligence models.

A one-time billionaire wealth tax won’t trigger an exodus—decades of economic evidence show that exit is rare.

December 29, 2025 California is trying to shame rich people into bailing out the state’s failing budget, and the result will be a worse California where everyday workers are forced to pay even more than they pay now. California is workshopping a “one-time” 5% wealth tax on people with a net worth over $1 billion, which is about 200 people in California. It would be a retroactive tax, as it would have to be approved by voters through a ballot proposition in November 2026, but would apply to

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The number of self-made billionaires aged 39 or younger has soared amid the AI boom, tying the all-time record set in 2021. Here are the 40 wealthiest.

America has more billionaires than ever, led by Elon Musk, who's estimated to be worth $744.6 billion. Figures such as John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie were known as the richest men of their time. Today's tech leaders, including Musk and Jeff Bezos, are among the richest Americans in history.

Or Refreshing Your Views on What It Is As yet another year is about to disappear into the past and we look out ahead at a fresh calendar ahead of us, I want to throw out one last idea that came to me a couple of months ago. Regular readers know that I’m always looking […]

Hong Kong’s planned tax reforms are expected to draw more funds and single-family offices.

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