What Americans really think of the top 20 highest-paid entertainers
Taylor Swift dominated this year's Forbes Celebrity 100 list, making $60 million more than runner-up One Direction.But when it comes to what Americans think, Swift isn't always the top dog across the...
View ArticleThe 14 richest authors in the world in 2016
J.K. Rowling is hugely successful right now. She is one of the wealthiest authors in the world, with an estimated net worth of £600 million ($805.9 million), and is still making money from the "Harry...
View ArticleTesla is suing an oil-company executive it says impersonated Elon Musk
Tesla is suing an oil executive under suspicion of impersonating Elon Musk to dig up confidential financial information from the company, Forbes reported on Wednesday.The lawsuit, reportedly filed...
View ArticleHere are the highest-paid dead celebrities in 2016
Forbes has released its list of the highest-paid dead celebrities of 2016, and it features a number of iconic figures who passed this year, including golfing legend Arnold Palmer and Prince.Michael...
View Article17 powerful people you didn't know were vegan
Sometimes you have to be ruthless to be successful, but that doesn't extend to animals.While famous faces in the entertainment industry are known for turning vegan, a surprising amount of business...
View ArticleThe highest paid reality TV stars are all the women of the Kardashian-Jenner...
The INSIDER Summary:• The Kardashian-Jenner sisters take home millions each year.• Kim Kardashian West makes the most, taking home $51 million last year.• Combined, they brought home $122.5...
View ArticleThese were the world's 11 richest authors in 2016
In August, Forbes released data on the highest-paid authors of 2016, looking at their total earnings — from book sales as well as TV and film adaptations, before taxes — between June 2015 and...
View ArticleMeet the 4 Goldman Sachs 'game changers' who made Forbes' 30 Under 30 list...
Forbes' latest 30 Under 30 finance list just dropped, and four young Goldman Sachs employees made the cut.They were Kerri Cohen Saperstein (29), Zach Hamed (23), Ann Mathews (28), and Brandon Watkins...
View Article12 rising hedge fund stars who are in their 20s and are poised to take over...
Hedge funders dominated Forbes' most recent "30 Under 30" list for finance.Twelve of them are on the 2017 list, including Michael Buckley, who works at Stanley Druckenmiller's Duquesne Capital, and...
View ArticleMeet Gabe Newell, the richest man in the video game business
The wealthiest man in the video game industry has a name you likely haven't heard; he runs a company you probably haven't heard of; he wears a wild beard and, often, the same black polo. Yet, Gabe...
View ArticleThese are the richest billionaires in 18 European countries — and this is how...
Europe's wealthiest individuals are a mixed group.Some of them hold fortunes derived from centuries-old dynasties, while others are hard-nosed entrepreneurs who scrabbled up from humble...
View Article28-year-old cofounder of liquor delivery platform shares his advice for...
Maxim Razmakhin has always been an entrepreneurial spirit. When he was in college, he sold milkshakes out of his dorm room."It was sort of like a substitute for coffee," Razmakhin said. "It stimulated...
View ArticleThe value of the Golden State Warriors franchise is skyrocketing
Forbes has released their annual list of NBA franchise values, and to no surprise, the New York Knicks ($3.0 billion) and the Los Angeles Lakers ($2.7 billion) are at the top. But the team that has...
View ArticleDating-app Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe shares her advice for entrepreneurs
After Whitney Wolfe's high-profile departure from Tinder, the recent inductee to the Forbes 30 under 30 list decided she would undertake a pretty lofty endeavor: she would try to make the internet more...
View ArticleThis Texas AG who sued to keep a Bible quote on a classroom door isn't okay...
Every day at lunch, a handful of teenagers in Frisco, Texas, would pop into room C112, face a whiteboard and kneel for one of their five daily prayers.It was just a spare classroom, used for everything...
View ArticleA Chinese conglomerate is in talks to buy a controlling stake in Forbes
Acquisitive Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is in talks to buy a controlling stake in the owner of the publisher of Forbes magazine, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.Hong Kong-based...
View ArticleThe 9 best management consulting firms in the US
Management consulting was an estimated $71.2 billion industry in the United States in 2016, according to analytics firm Statista, and the industry is only growing larger.But how many of the more than...
View ArticleThere are now 18 female self-made billionaires in the US — and the richest...
The richest self-made woman in America invested her life savings in a pizza store in Michigan in 1954. Her name is Marian Ilitch, and the restaurant that she and her husband Mike opened turned into the...
View ArticleThe value of the Golden State Warriors franchise is skyrocketing
The New York Knicks ($3.0 billion) and the Los Angeles Lakers ($2.7 billion) are the most valuable teams in the NBA, according to the most recent valuations by Forbes. But the team that has surged the...
View ArticleDiddy is the highest-paid celebrity, according to Forbes
Sean "Diddy" Combs has topped Forbes' annual list of the highest-paid celebrities.With $130 million in earnings over the past 12 months, Combs edged out Beyoncé for the No. 1 spot. Forbes reports that...
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