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Where billionaires’ investment firms placed their bets in January
Key Points Investment firms of the ultra-rich started the new year with buzzy investments, including in a motorcycle racing team. But 2026 is hardly off to a roaring start, with family offices making 32% fewer direct investments in January on an annual basis, according to Fintrx. While family offices are making fewer bets, their appetite […]
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Amazon asks FCC for extension for Leo satellite internet service
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is on the launch pad carrying Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet network satellites, which are expected to eventually rival Elon Musk’s Starlink system, at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 9, 2025. Steve Nesius | Reuters Amazon has asked the Federal Communications Commission […]
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Amazon wraps controversial week ahead of ‘Melania’ premier, fourth-quarter earnings
Movie posters for the documentary “Melania” featuring U.S. first lady Melania Trump are displayed in a New York City subway station, in New York, U.S., Jan. 14, 2026. Jeenah Moon | Reuters It was a turbulent week for Amazon. From a bungled email prematurely announcing another massive round of layoffs to scrutiny around the company’s […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: GameStop, Booz Allen, CVR Energy, CoreWeave & more
Check out some of the companies making the biggest midday moves: Booz Allen Hamilton — The consulting firm shed more than 5% after the Treasury Department said it canceled all contracts with the company , whose employees leaked the tax records of President Donald Trump, and the billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, to media […]
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches satellite internet service to rival SpaceX, Amazon
Jeff Bezos holds the aviation glasses that belonged to Amelia Earhart as he speaks during a press conference about his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard into space on July 20, 2021 in Van Horn, Texas. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin announced Wednesday it plans to deploy 5,408 satellites […]
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Billionaires have ‘outsized’ political influence — and they’re richer than ever, says Oxfam
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Hamad I Mohammed | Reuters Billionaires’ wealth has risen sharply to a record high of $18.3 trillion — with the super-rich seeking power “for their own gain,” according to a report by the global charity Oxfam released Monday. The […]
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Billionaire Rams owner Stan Kroenke becomes America’s biggest private landowner
Stan Kroenke of the Los Angeles Rams on the sideline during a game against the Philadelphia Eagles at SoFi Stadium Inglewood, California, Oct. 8, 2023. Ric Tapia | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth […]
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MacKenzie Scott announced another $7.1 billion in 2025 charitable donations—she’s now given away $26.3 billion since 2019
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has unveiled the final tally for her 2025 charitable donations, which totaled $7.17 billion in gifts to roughly 225 organizations, she wrote in a blog post published on Tuesday. “This dollar total will likely be reported in the news, but any dollar amount is a vanishingly tiny fraction of the personal […]
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Musk says SpaceX report of 2026 IPO is ‘accurate’
The Axiom-4 mission, with a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 25, 2025. Giorgio Viera | AFP | Getty Images Elon Musk responded to the latest report that SpaceX is going public in 2026, calling it “accurate.” […]
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SpaceX aims for $800 billion valuation in secondary share sale, WSJ reports
Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is initiating a secondary share sale that would give the company a valuation of up to $800 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. SpaceX is also telling some investors it will consider going public possibly around the end of next year, the report said. At the elevated price, Musk’s aerospace and […]
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