China’s best-known billionaire namesakes, Jack Ma and Pony Ma, have entered the ranking of the world’s 20 wealthiest people compiled by Forbes, also becoming the first Chinese people to make the iconic list. Ma Huateng, the founder and CEO of internet company Tencent, who is known as Pony Ma, was ranked 17th this year with […]
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Twitter mocks ‘Kremlin List’ for copy-pasting Forbes list of Russia’s richest
The US Treasury’s long-awaited ‘Kremlin List’ released early on Thursday has been mocked on Twitter. People question why it took US officials such a long time to compose if it just copies the Forbes list of Russia’s richest. The entire Russian government was included in the US Treasury’s ‘Kremlin List,’ which also featured many influential […]
‘I will top the Forbes list’
Video ‘I will top the Forbes list’1:05 UFC: Conor McGregor says he hopes to reach the billion dollar mark in revenue and thus cement his place at the top of the Forbes list for highest paid athletes. November 3rd 2017 14 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/More Sports/ More Sports Baker not fussed with rain0:54 […]
RT editor-in-chief edges out Clinton in Forbes’ most powerful women list
Published time: 2 Nov, 2017 00:34 Perhaps giving Hillary Clinton another bone to pick with RT, the channel’s editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan, has for the first time been included on the prestigious Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women, a dozen spots higher than the US politician. Read more The 2017 edition of The World’s […]
Trump’s deal-making ways undercut US continuity ‒ Forbes
US President Donald Trump is governing the way he ran his business, negotiating deals and denigrating opposition in a way that undermines the continuity of American politics, according to a new interview. Asked by Forbes magazine whether he feels a responsibility to honor agreements from previous administrations such as the nuclear deal with Iran, the […]
Emma Forbes: Celebrity Traveller
Happily married to banker Graham Clempson for almost 30 years, Emma divides her time between London and the States. She is mother to Lily, 21, and Sam, 18. WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE HOLIDAY? A houseboat holiday on Lake Powell in Utah. It’s like taking a floating caravan out on a lake in the middle […]
A Chinese conglomerate is in talks to buy a controlling stake in Forbes
REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV 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 investor group Integrated Whale Media Investments (IWM), which holds 95 percent of Forbes Media, is also in talks with […]
Here’s where NYC’s real estate players ranked on Forbes’ billionaires list
Getty Images / Alexander Hassenstein When it comes to international billionaires, New York City’s real estate tycoons are relatively small fry. Forbes released its 2017 World’s Billionaires list this week. The city’s highest ranked real estate player is Blackstone Group’s CEO Stephen Schwarzman, whose net worth of $ 11.7 billion puts him in 112th spot. […]
A 29-year-old tech founder named to the Forbes ’30 Under 30′ list shares his best entrepreneurship advice
Eugene Marinelli has a resume that many Silicon Valley hopefuls would envy. The recent inductee to Forbes’ 30 under 30 finance list has two degrees in computer science, and he interned for the engineering departments at Apple and Google. After his internships Marinelli landed a job on the finance engineering team at Palantir, the big data company founded by billionaire Peter Thiel. “While […]