Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. senator from Utah, has long been known for fiscal conservatism and tax cuts. But in a Friday op-ed for The New York Times, he reversed course, calling for higher taxes on rich Americans like himself to address the looming national debt crisis and prevent the…
Known for his tech feats as cofounder and chief technology officer of Oracle, in South Florida, Larry Ellison is instead flexing his developer experience as he pours millions of dollars into real estate and helps transform an exclusive island town 20 minutes from Mar-a-Lago into a haven for the mega-rich. The world’s fifth wealthiest man…
If it wasn’t for a Volkswagen bus and a calculator, Apple might never have existed. At the time, late cofounder Steve Jobs was in his early 20s and strapped for cash, but hooked on the idea that everyone should be able to own a home computer. The only problem? Like many founders, he didn’t have…
Elon Musk just woke up $168 billion richer. Even as the wealthiest man in the world, he is still setting new records and raising the bar for what ultra-wealthy looks like. The serial CEO’s net worth shot up to $638 billion on Monday, making him the first person estimated to be worth more than $600…
Today, we meet James Eder, the 42-year-old cofounder of Student Beans (a discount coupon company targeting the college crowd), who is now a work-life coach splitting his time between London and the French Alps, and author of The Collision Code. Eder was inspired to build Student Beans in 2005 after organising his university’s summer ball—a…