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Tech CEOs, Billionaires Throw Money at Climate Change As Eiffel Tower Shines Green
As the Eiffel Tower, a marvel of 19th century engineering, is flooded with green light to salute the opening of the Paris climate change...
Update: Billionaire Is “Optimistic” About Buying Island for Refugees
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris is more optimistic than ever that he’ll soon buy an island where Syrian refugees can live. Here's an update...
Miami Billionaire Uses Own Helicopter To Rescue Hurricane Victims
After seeing the path of destruction Hurricane Joaquin carved across the Bahamas, a Florida billionaire jumped into his helicopter.
Miguel “Mike” Fernandez flew into action,...
Billionaire Fed Up With Low Salaries Raises Math Teachers’ Pay By $15K
After taking a look at teacher salaries across America, a hedge fund billionaire decided that something just wasn’t adding up.
Jim Simons, who made his...
Egyptian Billionaire Now In Talks to Buy Two Entire Islands for Refugees
An Egyptian billionaire is one step closer to buying a homeland for refugees who are fleeing war and flowing into the EU.
Naguib Sawiris is...
Billionaire Offers to Buy Island for Refugees Pouring into Europe
While Europeans are offering up houses to refugees, an Egyptian billionaire wants to buy an island where tens of thousands of refugees can live...
Billionaire CEO Treats 6,400 Employees to Vacation in France
It’s always nice to be acknowledged for hard work at the office.
Being rewarded with a company-wide trip to France is even nicer.
In honor of...
Secretive Ex-billionaire Chuck Feeney Gives Away Last of Fortune to Northern Irish Children
As a businessman, Chuck Feeney was remorseless in his pursuit of profit, squirreling away his fortune in tax havens and always driving a hard...
Billionaire Gives $10mil to Keep Head Start Open for Poor Children
A billionaire hedge fund manager has given $10 million of his own money through his foundation to pay for pre-school programs that would have...
Billionaire Moved by Stories of Overcoming Gives Generously to Mental Health
The honors and accolades have streamed in over the decades as Joe Segal built a business empire that includes starting Fields department stores, acquiring...
Billionaire Gave Most of His Money Away and You Never Heard His Name
An Irish-American billionaire who kept his philanthropy secret for 15 years has given away $7.5 billion - and plans for it all to go...
Russian Billionaire Gives Away $3 Mil Bonus to Staff
In his fourth year as CEO for the Rusal Aluminum company, rather than accepting a bonus for himself, Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska will use...
More Billionaires Pledge to Give Away Half Their Wealth
Nine more wealthy families and individuals have pledged to give at least half of their fortunes to charity as part of a giving campaign...
Chinese Woman Goes From Sweatshop To Becoming Self-Made Billionaire
She is called the Steve Jobs of the architecture world because of her fluid, futuristic designs.
How did 47-year-old Zhang Xin go from working in...
First Black South African Billionaire Donates Fortune to Poor
South Africa's first black billionaire, Patrice Motsepe, on Wednesday said he has signed up for the Giving Pledge, becoming the first African to join...
Mexican Billionaire to Finance Translation of Khan Academy’s Online Classes to Spanish
Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim says his foundation is funding the translation of thousands of Khan Academy online classes into Spanish. The telecommunications billionaire says...
NY Hedge Fund Billionaire Donates $100 Million to Central Park
Calling it the largest donation ever to a park in the U.S., New York City's Mayor Bloomberg announced that hedge fund billionaire John Paulson...
11 More Billionaires Take Buffett’s Giving Pledge
Eleven more wealthy American families have joined the Giving Pledge created by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, to commit at least half...
Billionaire Driver Asks Directions, Donates $20,000 for Woman’s Kidney Fund
Santa Barbara resident Jennifer Vasilakos was in the neighborhood handing out flyers and raising funds when a driver stopped to ask for directions.
She never...
Russian Billionaire Launches Project to Create a Better World
Russia’s richest woman, Elena Baturina, is investing $100 million in a new “creative think-tank” devoted to improving the world.
Dubbed Be Open, its noble aim...