The U.S. leads the pack with 614 billionaires—a record high and seven more than in 2019—worth a combined $2.9 trillion. The U.S. is home to the richest person in the world: Amazon’s Jeff ...

There are 2,668 of them on Forbes’ 36th-annual ranking of the planet’s richest people—87 fewer than a year ago. They’re worth ... billionaires on the list. Still, Forbes found more than ...

(We estimate Ricketts is worth $4 billion) John Paulson: The hedge fund billionaire—who is reportedly on Trump’s shortlist for treasury secretary ... and donated more than $800,000 to Trump ...

But there's more than that, he said: "They also take aggressive tax deductions, often because they have borrowed to fund their lifestyle." He said US billionaires buy an asset, build one or ...

If the unrealized capital gains tax was enacted, folks like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos could be writing one-time checks for tens of billions.

Two of the main types of assets that middle-income households own are already taxed in ways that resemble proposals to tax ...

there are 2,781 billionaires worth a record 14.2 trillion, according to Forbes World's Billionaires list. That’s 141 more billionaires than in 2023. As the average billionaire is 66, it’s ...

The risk that the US could hit its debt limit is the highest it has been in years The US has hit its debt limit, with the Treasury Department ... to spending cuts worth more than $900bn - and ...

12. Dan Larimer, Block.One's 35-year-old chief technology officer, is worth $600 - $700 million after helping found three blockchain platforms. 11. Brendan Blumer is the 31-year-old CEO of Block ...

The US and China ... Yong is worth $10.3 billion. Turkey tied with Singapore for 20th place with 27 billionaires of its own, although Singapore had more billionaires last year than Turkey did.

Put simply, what we’ll call the “min-tax” would impose a floor levy of 25% on the total of regular income plus capital gains on all taxpayers holding a net worth of over $100 million.