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China sentences tycoon to 13 years, fines firm $8.1 billion: Report

Xiao and Tomorrow Holdings were charged with illegally siphoning away public deposits, betraying the use of entrusted property, and the illegal use of funds and bribery

Musk sells Tesla shares worth $6.9 bn, cites chance of forced Twitter deal

Shares of the microblogging site rose 3.5% to $44.35 in premarket trading, but were still trading significantly below Musk's offer price of $54.20 per share

Ray-Ban's billionaire owner Leonardo Del Vecchio passes away at 87

Raised in a Milan orphanage, Del Vecchio struck out from the northern city to set up shop in the town of Agordo, in the Alps north of Venice, starting off as a small supplier of frame parts

Del Vecchio rose from poverty to billions by adding style to spectacles

Iconic brands like Ray-Ban and Oakley were among the scores of targets Del Vecchio snapped up on his way to the top

R N Bhaskar's biography on Gautam Adani to hit the stands in October

Written by journalist-author RN Bhaskar, "Gautam Adani: The Man Who Changed India", claims to bring to light, for the first time, the unknown aspects of one of the richest men in the world

Billionaire's abrupt death leaves Dubai ruler to untangle messy inheritance

Al Futtaim's inheritance was left unresolved when the octogenarian died in December. While the villa was intended as a residence for him and his third wife

Mukesh Ambani not relocating to London, says Reliance Industries

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani has no plans to relocate or reside in London or anywhere else in the world, his flagship firm Reliance Industries Ltd said on Friday

D-Mart owner Radhakishan Damani is now among world's top 100 richest people

Reclusive investor and billionaire Radhakishan Damani who owns retail chain DMart is now among the 100 richest people in the world

Jeff Bezos flies to edge of space on own rocket, says 'best day ever'

Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company's first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft.

Jeff Bezos, world's richest man, boards Blue Origin spacecraft in Texas

The American billionaire is due to fly on an 11-minute voyage to the edge of space

Richard Branson's space jaunt worth $841 million for Virgin Galactic

Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. jumped as much as 22% in premarket U.S. trading on Monday, just above an all-time peak reached in February.

'We were fortunate on timing': 28-year-old who just became a billionaire

"Our goal is you'll be driving down the highway and the trucks you see will have Hyliion powertrains," says Thomas Healy

Donald Trump paying $750 in income tax shows why he's a billionaire

His net worth is based chiefly on the value of his office and commercial property holdings, minus debts that were already known

Fortune in crisis: A ventilator tycoon has added $3.7 bn to his wealth

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics shares have climbed 41 per cent, fueled by a surge in demand for the life-saving devices

Ross Perot, billionaire and unconventional politician, passes away at 89

Perot was a natural salesman who made a fortune in computer services but he was an unlikely and unconventional politician

US billionaire among 7 feared dead in helicopter crash near Bahamas

The chopper was on its way to Fort Lauderdale from the Bahamas when the mishap occurred

Billionaire lists are battling to feed a hunger for rankings

The Koch brothers, David and Charles, are each worth either $43 bn or $55 bn