Billionaire
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Uber’s first employee, now a billionaire, was hired through a tweet
World | May 12, 2019, 06:55 PM ISTOn March 1, 2010, Ryan Graves became the first one to be hired as employee at Uber, all thanks to that tweet.
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Three children of Scotland billionaire killed in Sri Lanka Easter bombings
World | Apr 22, 2019, 05:38 PM ISTPovlsen, 46, is Denmark’s wealthiest man and is believed to be the largest landowner in Scotland after buying a string of historic estates.
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Belgian billionaire Albert Frere dies at 92
World | Dec 03, 2018, 05:55 PM ISTStarting out in the scrap metal sector, his relentless business drive turned him into one of Europe’s most important businessmen until he retired three years ago.
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CBI books billionaire Nirav Modi in Rs 280 crore cheating case
India | Feb 05, 2018, 03:15 PM ISTThe CBI has registered the FIR under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections related to criminal conspiracy, cheating and provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act.
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Nandan Nilekani and wife Rohini pledge half their wealth for philanthropy
Business | Nov 21, 2017, 10:21 AM ISTAs of October 2017, Nandan Nilekani's net worth stands at $1.71 billion, according to Forbes.
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Patanjali’s Acharya Balkrishna enters Hurun India Rich List with 173 pc rise in wealth
Business | Sep 26, 2017, 10:55 AM ISTWhile Balkrishna registered a 173 pc increase in his wealth over the last year, Damani has been the biggest gainer with a 320 per cent rise
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Rishi Shah, the self-made billionaire in Chicago
Life | Jun 15, 2017, 12:35 PM ISTRishi Shah has become Tech's newest billionaire
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Read how son of a Gujarati billionaire struggled for survival
India | Jul 23, 2016, 03:16 PM ISTa Gujarat diamond merchant and proprietor of a Rs 6,000-crore company based in Surat with presence in 71 countries, convinced his son to go to Kochi and survive on odd jobs for a month.
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Meet 19-year-old Alexandra Andersen, the world's youngest billionaire
Mar 03, 2016, 10:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: A 19-year-old Norwegian girl, Alexandra Anderson, yesterday made a smashing entry into the Forbes' billionaire's list, thus claiming the world's youngest billionaire title. Her entry to the prestigious list comes at a time
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A whooping increase of 340% in number of Indian billionaires in 10 years
Mar 03, 2016, 01:53 PM ISTMumbai: India is expected to account for 5% of the total ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) in the world by 2025, a study said.According to 'Knight Frank Wealth Report 2016', the country's share in
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Survey finds China passes US in number of billionaires
World | Oct 15, 2015, 05:20 PM ISTBeijing: China has passed the United States in the number of billionaires, driven by the rise of fortunes in technology and manufacturing, according to a survey released Thursday.Despite a cooling economy, the number of Chinese
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Julio Iglesias calls Donald Trump a clown
Hollywood | Oct 08, 2015, 01:23 PM ISTBarcelona:Singer Julio Iglesias, who has just released his latest album "Mexico" will not sing in the casinos of billionaire and US Republican candidate Donald Trump, whom he called a "clown".In an interview published on Wednesday
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Meet Delhi billionaire who gave up Rs 600 cr empire to become a monk
India | Jun 02, 2015, 12:20 PM ISTAhmedabad: Bhanwarlal Raghunath Doshi borrowed Rs 30,000 from his textile trader father in the 70s to set up a plastic business in Delhi. He rejected his father's small but successful business to venture on his
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Lure of London makes Britain a billionaire haven
May 12, 2014, 12:33 PM ISTLondon: A new study of the super-rich finds that London has become the capital of the world's wealthiest, with more billionaires than any other city.The Sunday Times, which published the list, says London has 72
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Tripura CPI(M) comrade is a billionaire, sleeps on bed of currency notes
National | Oct 19, 2013, 08:21 PM ISTAgartala: A CPI(M) leader in Marxist-ruled Tripura who lay on a bed of cash withdrawn from his own bank account to fulfil a long cherished dream, is in deep trouble with his party.Jogendranagar committee member
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Jaguars' billionaire owner Shahid Khan buys Fulham
Football | Jul 14, 2013, 06:22 AM ISTLondon, July 14: United States-based billionaire Shahid Khan has bought English Premier League football club Fulham in a deal reportedly worth to 200 million pounds.Former owner Mohamed Al Fayed ended his 16-year-old association with the
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Decision making is slow in India, says L N Mittal
Apr 28, 2012, 05:55 PM ISTBhatinda, Apr 28: Billionaire Lakshmi N Mittal today said decision-making in India is slow but he would not complain of policy paralysis.“We have businesses all over the world. I tell my guys don't complain about
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Mukesh Ambani Is Asia's No 1 Billionaire
Mar 05, 2012, 02:33 PM ISTNew Delhi, March 4 : The number of richest persons is increasing in Asia and more Asians are set to dominate the ranking in the coming years after the number of billionaires in the region
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TCS Overtakes RIL As Country's Most Valued Firm
Dec 30, 2011, 06:29 PM ISTMumbai, Dec 30: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries today lost its position of the country's most valued company to the IT giant TCS, part of the salt-to-software conglomerate Tata group. As the share price of
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Tycoon Ajay Piramal Got Tons Of Cash, Nowhere To Invest
Dec 27, 2011, 02:24 PM ISTMumbai, Dec 27: Industrialist Ajay Piramal is sitting on a mountain of cash. Yet the billionaire Indian tycoon, working in one of the world's fastest growing economies, is struggling to figure out what to do