# Billionaires

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2022

Voices

Opinion: As a former Twitter employee, I'm horrified by what Elon Musk is doing

Declan Cashin used to work at Twitter – he says what is happening to the company is deeply disappointing.

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Nov 18th 2022, 10:00 PM

# Davos

Billionaires’ wealth rose more during Covid-19 pandemic than in 23 years combined

A new billionaire was created every 30 hours during the pandemic, according to Oxfam.

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May 23rd 2022, 8:02 AM

# irish billionaires

Billionaire list shows that nine Irish billionaires have a combined net worth of $54.8 billion

The Irish list is topped by Pallonji Mistry, a construction magnate with a net worth of $15 billion.

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Apr 5th 2022, 7:39 PM

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# Not Rocket Science

Musk and Bezos make separate grand gestures over global hunger

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has also offered millions to tackle desertification

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Nov 1st 2021, 9:10 PM

# Rich List

Kylie Jenner has become the world's youngest self-made billionaire

Jeff Bezos tops Forbes rich list for second year running while Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth has slipped.

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Mar 5th 2019, 5:36 PM

Conservative Koch brothers to buy Time Inc for $2.8 billion

Time revealed in October that it was focusing less on magazine journalism and more on digital.

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Nov 27th 2017, 9:10 AM

# Billionaires

Britain's rich kept getting richer last year, despite Brexit fears

Overall, 19 people increased their wealth by £1 billion or more in a year.

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May 7th 2017, 4:53 PM

# loaded

These are the ten richest people on the planet

There are fewer billionaires than there were this time last year.

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Mar 6th 2016, 3:00 PM

# Wealth

These are Europe's 11 richest billionaires who never went to university

IKEA, L’Oreal and Zara all get a mention.

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Sep 29th 2015, 6:10 AM

# don't go chasing

Billionaires are demanding waterfalls for their superyachts — and they have a really good reason for it

Anyone got a spare €66 million?

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Jun 16th 2015, 7:00 AM

Voices

There are now 1,826 billionaires in the world (as the gap between rich and poor widens further)

181 new members joined billionaire club in the past year, while 1 in 9 people in the planet don’t have enough to eat.

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Mar 4th 2015, 6:05 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Would you like to buy Twitter shares?

What do you think of the move? Would you like to be a part of it?

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Nov 7th 2013, 9:28 AM

# richer

The 10 billionaires whose net worth rose the most in 2012

Nope, we haven’t heard of some of these rich folks…

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Jan 5th 2013, 6:00 PM

# Rich List

Forbes lists the 25 richest musicians in 2012

Dr Dre came out on top, with Irish rockers U2 taking the fourth spot.

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Nov 30th 2012, 11:52 AM

# Rich men

Who is Pallonji Mistry, the richest Irish citizen alive?

The new list of Forbes billionaires makes the 82-year-old our richest citizen, at $9.7 billion. But just who is he?

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Mar 8th 2012, 12:00 PM

# Billionaire brawl

Watch: Russian billionaire attacks opponent on TV

During a heated debate Alexander Lebedev floored his opponent, later writing: “I neutralised him.”

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Sep 18th 2011, 12:22 PM

# Digicel

O’Brien to sell Digicel firms to world’s richest man

Denis O’Brien’s Honduras and El Salvador telecommunications businesses are to be acquired by Mexican businessman Carlos Slim – recently named as the world’s richest man by Forbes.

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Mar 14th 2011, 3:10 PM

# Billionaires

Slideshow: Forbes names the planet's wealthiest people

The richest people in the world are almost $1 trillion richer than last year, according to Forbes. That’s a lot of zeros…

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Mar 10th 2011, 9:21 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Ministerial pay cut; 21-year-old questioned about Mayo killing and the identities of the world’s richest people are revealed.

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Mar 10th 2011, 8:05 AM