Bill Gates Isn’t Like Those Other Tech Billionaires The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist is taking a break from the future to examine his past — and mulling where the billionaires now fit in.

Private Tour of an Indian Billionaire’s Secret Wildlife Rescue Center submitted by /u/ManinderThiara07

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‘Oh, s—, here come all the billionaires’: How SMU came back from the dead A group of boosters is determined to return the program to glory.

Eat The Rich: Class Warfare, F**K Billionaires submitted by /u/nlitherl

Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Steering Trump’s Transition Team The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.

Can Wall Street Billionaires Deliver on Trump’s Blue-Collar Promise? The president-elect has named wealthy financiers for key economic positions, raising questions about how much they will follow through on promises to help the working class.

City-Ruining Self-Driving Cars And The Billionaires Who Love Them In This Week’s Beyond Cars Roundup Despite the constant debunking of UFO sightings, skeptics and grifters claim that aliens have visited Earth in vehicles beyond human comprehension but decided not to implode the planet to build an interstellar bypass. These so-called experts were again given a platform in Congress at a House Oversight hearing on… Read more…

Finally, the Elites Have Been Defeated by the Billionaires “Resentment against elites proved to be deeper and more profound than many in both parties had recognized.” — NYT “Many other billionaires and industry titans have thrown their support behind Trump. Now, some could be in the running for cabinet posts, while others may wield influence behind the scenes.” — USA Today – – – At long last, the privil…

Janresseger: How Billionaires Bought College Departments, Set Up Think Tanks, Fostered White Nationalism, and Ignored the Evidence to Promote School Vouchers Janresseger: How Billionaires Bought College Departments, Set Up Think Tanks, Fostered White Nationalism, and Ignored the Evidence to Promote School Vouchers A new book by Michigan State University professor of education, Josh Cowen, The Privateers: How Billionaires Created A Culture War and Sold School Vouchers, combines academic …

Tech billionaires can’t build their ‘California Forever’ city yet Apparently AI-generated artwork that was first used to promote California Forever’s city. | Image: California ForeverCalifornia Forever tech billionaire-backed plan to build a new city 60 miles away from San Francisco is on hold for at least two years, pending an environmental impact study, reports The New York Times. Last year, the Times report…

Why Some Billionaires Will Back Trump It’s about taxes — and a false belief in their own impunity.

Happy Thanksgiving, Hermit Billionaires! There is always something to be grateful for.

Warring Billionaires, a Rogue Employee, a Divorce: One Hedge Fund’s Tale of Woe Two Sigma, the $60 billion quantitative trading firm, has been beset by troubles this year that have tarnished its image and could hurt its future.

Want to Spur Green Energy in Wyoming? Aim for the Billionaires. One man’s quest to lure climate investment from the wealthy enclave of Jackson underscores how the climate law works: It runs on rich people.

Beware Tech Billionaires Building Brand New Cities The latest effort by tech titans to create their own “technotopia” doesn’t bode well for cities old or new.

‘California Forever’ website touts the city tech billionaires are trying to build Flannery Associates, the company behind land grabs near San Francisco that turned out to be a secret plot to build a city with hundreds of millions in funding from wealthy tech leaders, has revealed a website for the planned city. California Forever is the name of Flannery’s parent company, and its site is filled with sunny pictures of a walkabl…

For Native Hawaiian advocates, tech billionaires’ donations don’t go far enough In an aerial view, burned cars and homes are seen in a surrounding that was destroyed by a wildfire on August 18th, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.  | Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesTech giants have accumulated vast properties across Hawaii while Native Hawaiian residents fight to keep their land. It’s a fight that’s heating up in the aftermat…

Billionaires Had A Tough Time At Monterey Car Auctions Will someone please think of the billionaires? It seems like even they are not immune from the rocky car market we’re currently in. There’s no better example of this than this year’s auctions at Monterey Car Week. Read more…