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Ten lessons from Thane Stenner's 2001 handbook for the wealthy, ranked by importance and checked against the market of 2026. Thane Stenner, a Vancouver wealth advisor, wrote True Wealth: An Expert Guide for High-Net-Worth Individuals (and Their Advisors) with James Dolan in 2001, in the months after

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The tech oligarch told an interviewer on Saturday, "I’ve got a little bit of cyber psychosis. Maybe a lot actually."

Musk made the claim in response to Ron Baron, who said he believes the company could be worth up to $50 trillion within the decade.

October 15, 2026, 3:54 AM ET Greg Abel, chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Berkshire Hathaway is doubling down on U.S. homebuilders, even as the housing market struggles to find its footing. Since Greg Abel succeeded Warren Buffett as CEO on Jan. 1, Berkshire has made three major moves in homebuilding. In late May, it agreed to acquire Taylor Morrison, the nation’s sixth-largest homebuilder, in a cash deal worth $6.8 billion in equity and about $8.5 billion including debt. The

The prominent investor has said the Biden administration pushed him to the political right, but sources say his grievances don’t always match reality.

Not only is Ambani's Reliance investing in a U.S. refinery and buying Venezuelan oil, but its strong ability to supply diesel has put Jamnagar on the map during Rubio's visit.

The Belarus-born American who learnt English from watching TV spoke to The Independent’s editor-in-chief Geordie Greig about his extraordinary life and what drove him to become one of the most prominent arts patrons of his generation

There has been considerable debate about how much longer the AI trade can continue.

Private donors gave $333 million in support of the ballroom, according to The Washington Post.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is the richest person in the world, with a net worth of $929 billion. After Musk is Larry Page, co-founder of Alphabet (Google). Other billionaires with some of the largest net worths include Nvidia’s Huang, Amazon’s Bezos, and Meta’s Zuckerberg.

After nearly a century, America has rediscovered the wealth tax. This November, Californians will vote on Proposition 40, a union-backed initiative levying a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ro Khanna have introduced a federal version; a dozen states have advanced millionaire or billionaire taxes this year; and Maine, Washington, Hawaii, and Rhode Island have all enacted one. Not since the Progressive Era has taxing the rich