Billionaire

EXCLUSIVE 3G founders launch investment partnership with former Third Point co-CIO Islam

Three Brazilian billionaires who cofounded investment firm 3G Capital are backing a veteran U.S. investor who played a key role…

4 years ago

Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract

Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in…

4 years ago

‘Road to space’: billionaire Bezos has successful suborbital jaunt

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest person, soared some 66.5 miles (107 km) above the Texas desert aboard his company Blue…

4 years ago

Bill Ackman rejigs Universal deal after regulators probe SPAC plan

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman will buy up to 10% of Vivendi's (VIV.PA) Universal Music Group through his main hedge fund,…

4 years ago

Factbox: Bezos, Branson and Musk: Who is winning the space tourism race?

Three billionaire entrepreneurs - Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson - are each vying to usher in a new…

4 years ago

Musk says may need $30 bln to keep Starlink in orbit

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Tuesday that his Starlink satellite internet venture was growing quickly as he forecast total…

4 years ago

Ackman’s SPAC signs deal to buy 10% of Vivendi’s Universal

Billionaire investor William Ackman’s Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (PSTH.N) signed a deal to buy 10% of Universal Music Group (UMG),…

4 years ago

Loeb’s U.S. hedge fund Third Point owns Vivendi stake -source

Billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb's Third Point owns a substantial stake in Vivendi SE (VIV.PA) and is "evaluating" the…

4 years ago

Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos to fly to space next month

Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday he and his brother Mark will fly on the first crewed space…

4 years ago

Mark Cuban-backed banking app Dave to go public in $4 bln SPAC merger

Billionaire Mark Cuban-backed Dave said on Monday it would go public through a merger with a blank-check firm sponsored by…

4 years ago