The World's Billionaires
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Back from the dead: Iceland's Pied Piper restores reputation, rejoins billionaires' list
Iceland was the poster country for the economic meltdown. Its richest person, Thor Bjorgolfsson, was looked upon as the man who wrecked the economy. But a funny thing happened on the way to financial ruin. A case study on how to find your way back into the billionaires' club
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The world's billionaires: 1,826 with an aggregate net worth of $7.05 trillion
Their average worth may be down from 2014 levels, but there are more of them than ever
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James Packer: From Macau's Casinos to Hollywood
The legendary Kerry Packer lost a big chunk of his fortune at America's gambling tables. His son, James, has hit the jackpot by owning the casinos. Now he's rolling the dice on Hollywood
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Otto vs Amazon: A Struggle to Keep Customers, and Values
The world's second-largest online retailer is losing ground to the cutthroat web tycoons hell-bent for his customers. No matter. Michael Otto, patriarch of one of Europe's richest families (they own the likes of Crate & Barrel), would rather lose with class than compromise his values
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Ukraine's Victor Pinchuk: Treading the Middle Ground
As Russian troops roll in, Ukraine's second-richest man, Victor Pinchuk, must choose between his head and heart
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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and the Rise Of Women Billionaires
The biggest group ever of new women billionaires swells their ranks to new highs, in both numbers and percentage (just over 10 percent). Leading the charge: A new Facebook billionaire who wants more women to follow in her shoes
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Alexander Vik: The Untold Story of His Business Deals
Champion golfer, art collector, hotelier. There may be no one on our list who is more of a Renaissance man. But the most interesting part of Vik's story—the business dealings that built his empire, leaving a trail of angry investors in his wake—has never been told. Until now
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The $19 Billion Poker Game: Inside the Facebook-WhatsApp Megadeal
Jan Koum came to the US with nothing. Twenty years later Mark Zuckerberg is giving him $6.8 billion. The inside story of the greatest tech deal of the century
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The World's Billionaires 2014
Our list lays out who has what country by country and where each of the billionaires ranks in the global-wealth pecking order