In an age of billionaire backlash, Paul Allen’s lasting legacy stands out in Seattle I spotted a sticker on the wall of a Seattle bar restroom recently. It stuck with me — more than… Read More
There are 3,028 billionaires in the world — here are the ones who call Washington state home Don’t tell Bernie Sanders, but Forbes’ latest World’s Billionaires list for 2025 contains 3,028 names — up 247 from a year… Read More
The $200 billion man: Jeff Bezos crosses into new territory as Amazon’s stock surge fuels riches Jeff Bezos crossed into new billionaire territory on Wednesday with another surge in Amazon stock that pushed the CEO’s net… Read More
MacKenzie Bezos — now MacKenzie Scott — lists organizations receiving some of her vast wealth MacKenzie Bezos, former wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, listed 116 non-profit organizations that will receive funding as part of… Read More
Bill Gates rings in 2020 with a call for higher taxes on the rich to help address wealth gap Bill Gates weighed in on the subject of taxes at various times throughout 2019. Should he be paying more? How… Read More
Update: Jeff Bezos sells $2.8B in Amazon stock as ownership stake in tech giant drops to 12% Update, August 5: New filings published Monday by the SEC show that Bezos sold more than 500,000 shares of Amazon… Read More
Thanks, Trump: Amazon stock tumbles and Jeff Bezos loses $5.2B off his net worth in one day If you’re eyeballing the real-time list of the world’s billionaires, and holding out hope that you might someday catch Jeff… Read More
Bills Gates tops world’s richest list again; Jeff Bezos at No. 3 after adding $27.6B to his fortune Bill Gates is the richest person on the planet for the fourth straight year, in what was a record year… Read More
Bill Gates tops Forbes list with net worth of $76 billion, plus a map of the richest people in each state Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has once again been declared the richest person in the U.S., with a net worth of… Read More
62 richest people have as much wealth as half of world’s population, report finds The 62 richest people on the planet have as much wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population, according… Read More
