Matt Durot

Musk is now half-way to becoming the first ever trillionaire.

Five of America’s top philanthropists are teaming up for a new venture aimed at helping low-income Americans rise from poverty. An AI giant has signed on to help.

More billionaire immigrants come from India than anywhere else in the world followed by two much smaller spots tied at number two.

Not all of the record 125 American immigrants on Forbes’ ranking of the world’s wealthiest people feel the same way about their president’s crackdown on immigrants.

You don’t have to start a company or grow up wealthy to become a billionaire.

If he’d never given away a dime or sold a share of the software giant, Gates would have nearly 10 times more leftover to give away.

Robert Greenberg and his son, who together founded Skechers, are selling out to Burger King investor 3G Capital. Tariffs are a factor.

From Elon Musk to Alice Walton, the number of people worth a dozen digits keeps growing.

The EV maker has been the single biggest part of his ever expanding fortune for years. No more, as Tesla’s stock comes crashing down.

TikTok is difficult to value. Keeping those complications in mind, Forbes spoke with at least nine people and came up with these different scenarios.

Musk’s fortune soared by a record $170 billion in 2024–putting him an all-time high dollar amount ahead of Jeff Bezos, the world’s second richest person.

Herald Chen, a former private equity executive, joined the Bay Area app-marketing software firm before its 2021 IPO. The stock has surged more than 700% so far this year.

Mehmet Oz first drew support from Trump when he ran for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania–a race he lost. Here’s how the talk-show-famous doctor is connected to a Pennsylvania family with a multi-billion dollar business.

The New Zealand native has turned his scrappy rocket company into a small but determined competitor of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Investors have driven the stock up by more than 300% over the last year.

Forbes is the first to report that the late conservative donor's 26-year-old son has contributed to political committees associated with the Democratic Vice President.

Forbes is the first to report how Mat and Justin Ishbia–who acquired control of the Suns last year–recently increased their stake in the team.

French Gates divorced the Microsoft cofounder in 2021 and resigned as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in June. So a new transfer of funds does raise some questions.

After losing the title in 2022, this heiress is the nation’s wealthiest woman for the 9th time in 10 years.

It’s the third straight year at the top for the wealthiest billionaire in the U.S.

Walmart heiress Alice Walton has given away an estimated $1.5 billion to charitable causes during her lifetime.