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Americans are the richest they've ever been thanks to soaring real estate and stock prices
Americans have a cumulative net worth of $164 trillion, far surpassing the $20 trillion in debt the…
Matthew Fox
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These are the top 25 richest people in Britain
The Sunday Times Rich List 2024 unveils Britain's top 25 richest individuals and families, spotligh…
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Elon Musk is flexing his wealth and political power unlike any of the richest men before him
Elon Musk is behaving unlike any of the uber-wealthy Americans before him.
Brent D. Griffiths
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Bill Gates calls for higher taxes on the rich — but warns against crushing the American dream
Bill Gates said his ideal tax system would slash his net worth by 62% or about $100 billion, but st…
Theron Mohamed
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Sports gambling is taking a toll on Americans' finances
The sports betting boom is hurting the finances of some low-income Americans.
Jacob Zinkula
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How Nancy Pelosi became one of America's richest and most powerful politicians
Former Speaker Pelosi was born in Baltimore in March 1940 in an Italian-American family that in the…
John L. Dorman
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Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian weren't rich enough to make Forbes' list of the richest Americans
Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian were not rich enough to make Forbes' list of the wealthiest America…
Sarah Jackson
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American women are stockpiling abortion pills amid political uncertainty
Women may want to start stockpiling abortion pills and contraception ahead of a potential Trump re-…
Katie Balevic
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Trump's wide-reaching tariff plan will hurt average Americans and only help the top 1%, Nobel-winning economist says
Experts say Trump's proposed tariffs would only benefit the wealthiest Americans, and cause inflati…
Filip De Mott
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Why LA's richest are ditching their mansions and where they're moving to
Wealthy people are just like us: They're trading in more expensive Los Angeles-area homes for bigge…
Dan Latu,Kelsey Vlamis
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China's richest man is under fire over conspiracy theories that say he's secretly promoting Japan
Zhong Shanshan, the owner of bottled water company Nongfu Spring, is accused of subtly planting Jap…
Matthew Loh
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Larry Ellison bought an entire island and Jeff Bezos owns a $78 million property there, but eBay's reclusive founder is Hawaii's richest resident
Pierre Omidyar, who founded eBay in 1995, has taken the top spot away from Oracle's Larry Ellison, …
Polly Thompson
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Americans aren't having enough kids. That's bad news for the economy — and immigration may be the answer.
China, Japan, and Italy are all battling low birth rates, but high immigration has so far stopped t…
George Glover
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Elon Musk reclaims the world's richest person title from Jeff Bezos as Tesla's stock hits an 8-month-high
The Tesla billionaire added $60 billion to his fortune this year, driven by the electric-car maker'…
Shalini Nagarajan
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The American dream is 'rapidly diminishing,' Walgreens boss says in plea to raise taxes for the wealthy
John Driscoll, a Walgreens exec, wants lawmakers to tax millionaires like himself more to preserve …
Jordan Hart
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The lowest-earning Americans and the middle class got a pay cut in 2021, while the richest saw the biggest wage growth
The top 1% of earners made 14.6% of all wages in 2021, while the bottom 90% earned their lowest sha…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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Montana GOP Senate candidate would be in the top 10 richest lawmakers — and his investments are sure to irk some conservatives
The ultra-wealthy aerospace executive is GOP leadership's pick to run against Democratic Sen. Jon T…
Bryan Metzger
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Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the 6 other richest Americans have suffered a nearly $400 billion wealth wipeout this year
Musk alone has seen $140 billion erased from his fortune as historic inflation, surging interest ra…
Theron Mohamed
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Some of America's richest people are just not paying their taxes — and millionaires alone could owe up to $34 billion
The average American paid over $16,000 in income taxes last year. Some millionaires paid nothing.
Juliana Kaplan
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After a round of musical chairs, Musk, Gates and Adani are among 2022’s top 5 billionaires
The year 2022 has seen wealth of most of the top billionaires of the world eroding, with market vol…