Sandra Bullock Crushes Her Competition As Hollywood's Highest Paid Actress
Thanks to "Gravity," Sandra Bullock was named Forbes' highest earning actress of 2014— by a surprising longshot.Forbes estimates Bullock pulled in $51 million in earnings between June 2013 and June...
View ArticleForbes Contributor Writes Offensive Column Blaming 'Drunk Female Guests' For...
A Forbes contributor wrote an offensive column Tuesday — which was quickly removed from the website — blaming intoxicated female students for many of the problems currently attributed to college...
View ArticleElon Musk Is By Far The Richest Person In The Car Business (TSLA)
The Forbes 400 is out, and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is Number 50 on the list of America's richest people.His net worth is listed by Forbes as $9.2 billion, a far cry from Number One, Microsoft...
View ArticleThe 10 Wealthiest People In America
The American Forbes 400 list is out today, and Bill Gates has retained his spot as the richest man in America for the 21st year in a row. The top 10 was dominated by familiar faces, as well as the...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Made More Money Than Any Other American This Year
The 2014 Forbes 400, an annual ranking of the 400 wealthiest Americans, launched Monday. One thing's certain: The rich keep getting richer.Mark Zuckerberg, the 30-year-old cofounder and CEO of...
View ArticleThis Woman's Revolutionary Idea Made Her A Billionaire — And Could Change...
The next time you get a blood test, you might not have to go to the doctor and watch vials of blood fill up as the precious fluid is drawn from your arm.No more wondering to yourself, "Ah, how much...
View ArticleHere's Why Forbes Named Putin The Most Powerful Leader On Earth
For the second straight year, Russian President Vladimir Putin was named the World’s Most Powerful Person by Forbes magazine. Leading international counterparts like Barack Obama and China's President...
View ArticlePrince Alwaleed Has Already Spent Millions Suing Forbes For Libel And The...
Alwaleed Bin Talal, the Saudi prince who is suing Forbes for defamation after a dispute over his net worth, has already spent £1.4 million ($2.2 million) on legal fees, according to the FT.The...
View ArticleHere's Why Vladimir Putin Is The World's Most Powerful Person, No Matter What...
Forbes came out with its list of the most powerful people in the world earlier this week. US President Barack Obama came in second. Russian President Vladimir Putin came in first. While Forbes...
View ArticleJustin Bieber Is The Highest-Paid Celeb Under 30: Here's Where Everyone Else...
Justin Bieber is the highest-paid celebrity under 30 after earning an estimated $80 million in the last 12 months.“Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1” star Jennifer Lawrence came in 7th on the Forbes...
View ArticleForbes.com was infected by Chinese malware that targeted specific users
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Forbes.com financial news site was infected by Chinese hackers with spying software that targeted specific visitors, including those at U.S. financial services and defense firms,...
View ArticleThe 20 richest people on the planet
Forbes is out with its annual list of the wealthiest people on the planet.Microsoft founder Bill Gates remained in the top spot for the second year in a row, having added $3.2 billion to his personal...
View ArticleThe 18 richest people in private equity
Forbes' magazine released its annual world's billionaires list on Monday, and 18 of those people made their money in private equity.Last year was a good year for PE – the strongest since the financial...
View ArticleThe 21 richest people in China
China has more billionaires than almost any other country in the world.In Forbes' 2015 ranking of the world's richest, 213 of the billionaires are from China. That number is second only to the United...
View ArticleHere's how the top ten tech billionaires compare to Bill Gates
Forbes just released its annual ranking of the top billionaires in the world. Once again, Bill Gates, beating out Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim, tops out the list.Unsurprisingly, a lot of tech...
View ArticleNo! The Greek shipping tycoon Spiro Latsis is not Nigel Farage's long lost twin
In Forbes' list of The World's Billionaires, one unexpected face crops up — the UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage.Sadly, Farage has not become a Greek shipping magnate overnight (as far as we...
View ArticleThese are the richest billionaires in 18 European countries — and how they...
Europe's wealthiest people are a bit of a mixture.There are some that come from old money- centuries-old dynasties - as well as self-made billionaires from pretty much every business sector you can...
View ArticleThe youngest billionaires in tech
There may be some truth to the old adage that with age comes wisdom. If you're in tech, however, youth is no obstacle to success. Some of the most successful tech entrepreneurs of the last decade have...
View ArticleHow the richest people in each European country made their fortunes
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View ArticleForbes declares Taylor Swift one of the world's most powerful women
Singer and songwriter Taylor Swift has been named one of the most powerful women in the world after making her first entrance in Forbes Power Women List this year.The Shake It Off singer, whose fans...
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