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Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires
What's it really like to be ultra-rich? Keep up to date with the crazy lives of the world's wealthiest people.
Former CEO of Apollo Global Management Leon Black walks through security as he arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in June. Photo: AFP
United States

Black told Epstein panel he paid US$21 million to woman to keep affair secret

The billionaire investor called it extortion and blackmail, and said the woman had originally demanded US$100 million.

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Italy

Trump envoy met with protests in Venice as he arrives on superyacht

Celebrity Families

All you need to know about MJ, the Kardashian-Jenner matriarch who passed away

United States

Buffett cuts off donations to Bill Gates’ charity after Epstein revelations

The two men are old friends but have not spoken since the Epstein files – which included photos of the Microsoft co-founder – were released.

Warren Buffett at the 2024 Berkshire Hathaway Inc annual shareholders’ meeting. Photo: Reuters
Fame and celebrity

Meet Camryn D’Aloia, the low-profile girlfriend of Dave Portnoy

The multimillionaire founder of Barstool Sports has dismissed their 22-year age gap and has been spotted with her at NBA and WNBA games.

China's economic recovery

China’s millionaire growth lags the global average. Is the wealth boom over?

Global personal wealth rose at its fastest pace in nearly a decade last year, though China saw only modest gains, according to a new report.

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Thailand

Thai beer dynasty heir opens up about abuse, mother’s ‘ungrateful child’ lawsuit

Siranudh ‘Psi’ Scott broke his silence on alleged childhood trauma as his estranged mother wielded a century-old legal weapon against him.

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Siranudh “Psi” Scott, a fourth-generation member of the billionaire Thai family that founded the Singha beer brand, pictured in Bangkok last month. Photo: AFP
United States

US billionaire Leon Black defends US$158 million paid to Epstein

‘I knew Jekyll. I didn’t know Hyde,’ the investor – who features prominently in the Epstein files – told US lawmakers.

Celebrity children

Meet Caroline Jones, who performed with the Zac Brown Band at a Trump event

Jones and the Zac Brown Band performed at the UFC Freedom 250 – but why is an insult against Michelle Obama driving a wedge between the billionaire heiress and her family?

Banking & finance

What’s powering the rapid rise of Hong Kong’s ultra-wealthy class?

The city’s ultra-wealthy population jumped by more than 26 per cent in 2025 – roughly one super-rich individual for every 412 residents.

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Hong Kong has nearly 18,300 ultra-high-net-worth individuals, defined as those with net assets exceeding US$30 million. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong property

Pop star Eason Chan snaps up US$23m home as celebrities flock to luxury property

Agent listings show that the property, in Shouson Hill, has four rooms and a garden, with a saleable area of 2,801 sq ft.

Eason Chan performs during his Fear and Dreams World Tour in Shenzhen in 2025. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong property tycoon Mico Chung sells US$13.4 million home on The Peak

Hong Kong’s luxury property market sees another big-ticket deal as a mansion on The Peak changes hands.

Elon Musk

Musk is world’s first trillionaire – what could he buy with all that money?

The SpaceX boss has reached a level of wealth that is hard to understand in real terms. But we’re going to try.

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United States

Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX IPO

The company’s shares hit US$160.95 each, propelling the world’s richest person’s fortune to US$1.1 trillion.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he steps on stage during a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden in New York in October 2024. Photo: AFP,
IPO

As Musk becomes first trillionaire from SpaceX IPO, will next come from China?

As the initial public offering sees Musk become the first ever trillionaire, China is also seeing growth in its tech uber-rich.

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Elon Musk in Beijing on May 14. Photo: AP
SpaceX

Blast off on Wall Street: record SpaceX IPO could make Musk a trillionaire

At US$135 a share, the offering will raise US$75 billion, making it the biggest market debut in history.

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United States

Bill Gates says Epstein blackmailed him using knowledge of his affairs

Gates said the late sex offender used information about his infidelities to pressure him to ‘re-engage’.

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IPO

The world’s 5 largest-ever IPOs, before Elon Musk’s SpaceX listing

Ahead of SpaceX’s public listing on Friday, set to break records, here are some previous block-buster fundraisers.

The New York Stock Exchange decorated for the first day of trading for Alibaba on September 19, 2014. Photo: Shutterstock
Thailand

Thailand’s Thaksin officially free but faces new multimillion tax battle

The former prime minister, who was released on parole last month, has had his electronic monitoring device removed.

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Royalty

Auditors shine light on UK royal housing, disgraced Andrew’s ‘peppercorn rent’

National Audit Office offers the most ⁠detailed review ever of royal property arrangements in a new report.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Maisie Peters, the singer still waiting on her Taylor Swift wedding invite

The English musician, who’s also toured with Ed Sheeran and Noah Kahan, joked that she may not make the guest list after gushing over Hilary Duff.

English singer-songwriter Maisie Peters opened for Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour but hasn’t received an invite to the superstar’s July wedding to Travis Kelce. Photos: @maisiehpeters/Instagram
Space

Blue Origin rocket explodes on launch pad during engine-firing test

Jeff Bezos’ space venture hit with a major setback in New Glenn rocket ‘anomaly’.

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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploding in a massive fireball on Thursday. Photo: @NASASpaceflight via X
Fashion

Who is Jonathan Andic, son of fashion brand Mango’s founder Isak Andic?

After joining the Spanish fashion brand in 2005, Jonathan rose to be its executive vice-president a decade later – and a few weeks after his father’s death.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Away’s glam co-founder, Jen Rubio – a fashionista in the making

The co-founder of luggage manufacturer Away has been making fashion waves at Cannes and the Met Gala – so who is she exactly?

Britain

Queen pushed for ex-prince Andrew’s appointment as trade envoy

Emails released earlier this year suggest ‌that Mountbatten-Windsor, while serving ‌as trade envoy, forwarded reports to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Queen Elizabeth (left) and former prince Andrew at Westminster Abbey in London in 2022. Photo: AFP
Social media

Video | Corporate billionaires are China’s newest influencers

EV executives such as Xiaomi’s Lei Jun and NIO’s William Li have live-streamed themselves on road trips featuring their brands’ vehicles.

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Thailand

Thailand’s Singha beer dynasty rocked by sexual abuse allegations

The kingdom’s most-watched family scandal in years has prompted a sacking, a televised confessional – and a warning from media regulators.

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Elon Musk

US jury rules against Musk in OpenAI feud, finding lawsuit came too late

Jurors deliberate for less than two hours before tossing Elon Musk’s breach-of-contract claims against OpenAI and its founders.

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