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Billionaires
Read it and weep: The Forbes billionaires just got a lot richer
Billionaires now account for $US14.2 trillion of the world’s wealth. To put this into perspective, this is larger than the gross domestic product of any country other than the US and China.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Billionaires
Australia has more billionaires than ever. That’s nothing to celebrate
Marking a new high of ultra-wealthy individuals is one record we shouldn’t be cheering about.
- by Victoria Devine
The world’s first trillionaire could rise within 10 years: Oxfam
Oxfam has for years been trying to highlight the growing disparities between the super-rich and the bulk of the global population. That gap has been “supercharged”.
- by Pan Pylas and Masha Macpherson
L’Oreal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers becomes first woman with $US100 billion fortune
The milestone comes as shares of L’Oreal, the beauty empire founded by Bettencourt Meyers’ grandfather, rose to a record high.
- by Tara Patel
Billions wiped from Atlassian duo’s fortunes
Australian tech billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar have taken a financial hit as their software company posts widening losses.
- by David Swan
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Private Sydney
Rich list season gives glimpse inside the world of the ultra-wealthy
According to the various stocktakes of wealth that have been published recently around the world, it’s been a tough 12 months at the pointy end.
- by Andrew Hornery
Sydney rich-listers flogging designer wardrobes online for pocket money
Hillsong heiress Laura Toggs and Laser Clinics Australia co-founder Kate Champion aren’t the only society figures reselling clothes online, but buyer beware: you’re going to need a fat wallet.
- by Lucy Manly
Society wedding unites Sydney’s powerful dynasties
The harbour city is home to wealthy blue-bloods, many of whom are interconnected through marriage.
- by Lucy Manly
Sydney society turns out for annual Silver Party charity bash
Celebrities, rich-listers, socialites and corporate high-flyers dug deep for the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation.
- by Lucy Manly
Perth’s most expensive houses sold in 2020 and the people who bought them
From mansions with multiple living quarters, to private Swan River access, it seems the pandemic did not deter Perth’s wealthiest from snatching up the city’s most luxurious homes.
- by Heather McNeill
Tech insiders cash in $700m amid stock frenzy
Founders and company insiders in just five tech darlings sold more than $700 million worth of shares since the sector’s nadir in March.
- by Colin Kruger