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Led by Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, America's billionaires got richer by $434 billion during the coronavirus pandemic
As millions of US citizens lost their jobs in the Covid-19 pandemic, billionaires in the US saw the…
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American billionaires could fund two-thirds of Biden's COVID-19 relief package just using profits generated during the pandemic, a report shows
Biden has signed his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan into law. Two-thirds of this could be funded by bi…
Grace Dean
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Meet the 15 youngest, richest American billionaires
And that doesn't include all of the youngest billionaires in the US - while Kylie Jenner may be cal…
Hillary Hoffower
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American billionaires added $2.1 trillion to their fortunes during the pandemic
American billionaires' wealth grew 70% this year. These data comes as Democrats debate tax hikes fo…
Juliana Kaplan,Andy Kiersz
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American billionaires added $1.1 trillion in wealth during the pandemic
Elon Musk, the second-richest billionaire, saw a 628.5% increase in his wealth since March, while A…
Juliana Kaplan
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American billionaires have made an average of $42 billion a week throughout the pandemic
Tech billionaires such as Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Zoom's Eric Yuan profited the most during the cor…
Taylor Nicole Rogers
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American billionaires' net worths have grown to $4 trillion during the coronavirus pandemic
The 10 richest US billionaires - with Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates in the top three spots …
Juliana Kaplan
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There are 607 billionaires in the United States, and only 5 of them are black
In 1992, the median net worth of white families was $100,000 above that of black families, accordin…
Taylor Nicole Rogers
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American billionaires added $1.62 trillion to their wealth over the last 13 months
"We're going to come out of the pandemic another degree of more unequal," Chuck Collins, director o…
Juliana Kaplan
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American billionaires have gotten half a trillion richer during the pandemic, but the country's racial wealth gap has grown, too
The coronavirus crisis has been an economic disaster for most of America, as 42.6 million filed for…
Taylor Nicole Rogers
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The 14 countries with the most billionaires
Three-fourths of the world's newly-minted billionaires from 2016 are from China and India, accordin…
Tanza Loudenback
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US billionaires saw their net worth rise by almost $1 trillion between March and October — Jeff Bezos remains the richest, a study says
Quicken Loans' Dan Gilbert sees wealth rise by over 600%, while Tesla's Elon Musk sees near-300% ri…
Amanda Cooper
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To a billionaire, the cost of a trip to Bali is like buying a candy bar - here's what spending looks like when you're that rich
The median household income in the US is $59,039 a year, according to the U.S. Censu…
Tanza Loudenback,Skye Gould
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A 77-year-old Scottish oil tycoon used his time on stage at a high-profile NYC philanthropy event to reprimand American billionaires for failing to donate money to countries outside the US
Wood's criticism aside, a handful of prominent American billionaires have made international work a…
Taylor Nicole Rogers
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BIG MONEY IN POLITICS: Meet the billionaire donors shaping the 2020 presidential election
Both Trump and Biden take millions from America's billionaires. Here's what we know about the ultra…
Business Insider
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Senate Democrats unveil plan to hit 700 billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos with major tax hikes
Tesla CEO Elon Musk would owe up to $50 billion in taxes under the Democratic plan. Amazon founder …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Billionaires are exerting ever-greater influence on elections as Biden contemplates taxing America's most wealthy: report
Billionaires together spent more than $2 billion during the 2020 election funding their own campaig…
Madison Hall
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Billionaires have added $1.3 trillion to their net worths during the pandemic - a 44% increase from March 2020
According to the new report, billionaires' gains since March 2020 could pay for an over $3,900 stim…
Juliana Kaplan
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Sports billionaires got $98.5 billion richer during the pandemic
Billionaires who own and co-own 68 professional sports franchises saw their wealth increase from $3…