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  Uber’s first employee, now a billionaire, was hired through a tweet

  World | May 12, 2019 18:55 IST

  On 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 | April 22, 2019 17:38 IST

  Povlsen, 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 | December 03, 2018 17:55 IST

  Starting 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 | February 05, 2018 15:15 IST

  The 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 | November 21, 2017 10:21 IST

  As 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 | September 26, 2017 10:55 IST

  While 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 | June 15, 2017 12:35 IST

  Rishi Shah has become Tech's newest billionaire

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  Read how son of a Gujarati billionaire struggled for survival

  India | July 23, 2016 15:16 IST

  a 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

  March 03, 2016 22:01 IST

  New 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

  March 03, 2016 13:53 IST

  Mumbai: 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 | October 15, 2015 17:20 IST

  Beijing: 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 | October 08, 2015 13:23 IST

  Barcelona: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 | June 02, 2015 12:20 IST

  Ahmedabad: 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 IST

  London: 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

  Politics | October 19, 2013 20:21 IST

  Agartala: 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 | July 14, 2013 6:22 IST

  London, 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

  April 28, 2012 17:55 IST

  Bhatinda, 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

  March 05, 2012 14:33 IST

  New 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

  December 30, 2011 18:29 IST

  Mumbai, 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

  December 27, 2011 14:24 IST

  Mumbai, 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