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Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch fails in bid to change family trust
The move was an attempt by the 93-year-old to cement his eldest son Lachlan Murdoch’s control of the family empire after his death.
- by Calum Jaspan
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The former dishwasher engineer who just became a billionaire
Peter Beck has come a long way in the space industry with no university qualifications.
- by Ainsley Thomson and Bruce Einhorn
The $164 trillion windfall splitting America
One of the largest intergenerational transfers of wealth in history is about to take place.
- by Daniel Neligh, Maria Clara Cobo and Andre Tartar
Rick the Taser king: He started his company aged 23, now he is a billionaire
Rick Smith says he and his brother came up with the idea for their company after high school football teammates were killed in a shooting.
- by Biz Carson
What Harry Triguboff really thinks about local councils and Chinese migrants
The 91-year-old Meriton boss said council staff should be given bonuses if they approved more development applications before making incendiary remarks about Chinese migrants.
- by Anthony Segaert
China’s richest are selling their trophy homes at bargain prices
One by one, tycoons who built their wealth on China’s economic rise have been giving up their trophy homes in Hong Kong.
- by Alexandra Stevenson
‘Golden cage’: The billionaire whose fortune is set to plunge in a bizarre market mystery
Mexico’s third-richest person, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, is no stranger to controversy and crisis. But even this is a little odd.
- by Michael O'Boyle and Carolina Wilson
‘Father time always wins’: Warren Buffett updates plan to give away his $227b fortune
The 94-year-old has long maintained he has no interest in creating dynastic wealth in his family.
- by Josh Funk
Adani bribery charges spark calls for review of Australian coal mine
The billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, which owns a controversial mine in Australia, has been indicted in New York.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
The Aussie billionaire in the box seat in Trump’s America
Anthony Pratt says that being rich is his superpower and his official move to the US may say plenty about the bonanza of a second Republican presidency.
- by Colin Kruger
Billionaire battle: The king of luxury is set to face off with Elon Musk
Bernard Arnault has traded places with Elon Musk as the world’s richest man numerous times in recent years. Now the pair are set for a clash of a different kind.
- by Chris Price