Wealth

Matthew McConaughey speaks onstage during HISTORYTalks Leadership & Legacy presented by HISTORY at Carnegie Hall on February 29, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey has said that taking time off from Hollywood, in what he called an “unbranding phase,” actually helped revitalize his

In this article AXP Surveys indicate a silver lining to the pandemic is a heightened commitment to “sustainable” travel by consumers. But as vaccinations lift travel prospects, hopes for a “green” recovery may have been overblown. Sustainable travel has grown in popularity in recent years as people have tried to mitigate the negative effects of

Bill Gates’ annual summer reading list has a theme for 2021: “the complicated relationship between humanity and nature,” he writes in a blog post announcing the list, released Monday. “Maybe it’s because everyone’s lives have been upended by a virus,” Gates writes. “Or maybe it’s because I’ve spent the last couple months talking about what

In this article AMZN MacKenzie Scott attends the SEAN PENN J/P HRO GALA: A Gala Dinner to Benefit J/P Haitian Relief Organization and a Coalition of Disaster Relief Organizations at Milk Studios on January 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Greg Doherty | Patrick McMullan | Getty Images MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and ex-wife

MacKenzie Scott knows that by virtue of being one of the richest people alive, she can command attention. She also doesn’t believe wealth should be a reason for attention. So the former wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is using her megaphone to dismantle the system that has put her on a pedestal. It’s tricky

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes (center) and her counsel exit court on June 15, 2021. Holmes is scheduled to face trial for wire fraud and other charges later in the year. CNBC Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, got permission on Tuesday to nurse her newborn child during breaks in her upcoming criminal fraud trial. Judge

Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Joe Biden has consistently pledged not to raise taxes on households making less than $400,000 a year. Whether his tax proposal keeps or breaks that promise depends on one’s frame of reference. Primarily, it’s a question of how an observer considers a taxpayer earning less than $400,000 who has

Billionaire venture capitalist and bitcoin investor Tim Draper is sticking by his prediction that bitcoin will reach $250,000 by the end of 2022 or early 2023 despite the cryptocurrency’s wild swings in value and the turmoil around its environmentally unfriendly energy usage. “I think I’m going to be right on this one,” Draper tells CNBC

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban is very bullish on the future of DeFi, or decentralized finance, and DAOs, or decentralized automated organizations. “There are a lot of financial institutions that should be concerned,” Cuban wrote in a blog post on Sunday. For one, “banks should be scared,” he wrote. For context, DeFi applications aim to recreate traditional

There’s no public real estate listing for Penthouse B atop London’s super luxury high-rise One Hyde Park. The 18,000-square-foot mega-apartment in the city’s ultra-exclusive Knightbridge section is quietly being offered for sale as a whisper listing. Details of the hushed sale are currently only shared by brokers to prospective buyers via word-of-mouth or discovered in

A view of the driveway leading to the residence at 777 Sarbonne Road in Bel-Air, California. Joe Bryant / Aaron Kirman Group Seven is a magical number for one of Bel-Air’s priciest spec homes. The glass and marble palace located at 777 Sarbonne Road in Los Angeles hit the market last month with an asking

As some nuclear power companies continue to shut down nuclear reactors for reasons ranging from economic woes to safety concerns, Bill Gates is bullish on nuclear power as a clean energy solution to climate change. Gates, who is also an investor in nuclear power, told the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Nuclear Energy Assembly on Wednesday that

Today, William Tanuwijaya is a formidable force. As CEO of e-commerce site Tokopedia, the 39-year-old is one-quarter of the leadership of the newly- merged GoTo Group — Indonesia’s most valuable technology company. But his business may never have come to be if it weren’t for his determination in the face of critics. “Tokopedia’s story almost

Nearly half of millennial millionaires have at least 25% of their wealth in cryptocurrencies, as the crypto boom continues to create wealth for young, early adopters, according to the CNBC Millionaire Survey. Fully 47% of millennial millionaires surveyed have more than 25% of their wealth in cryptocurrencies, according to the survey of 750 investors with

When it comes to fame and infamy, former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has apparently cornered the market. Internet sellers are cashing in on mugs, T-shirts and even shower curtains in the weeks before her criminal fraud trial starts in August. A review of online stores shows more than 50 listings of Holmes and Theranos merchandise

An activist calls for an increase of federal taxes on the wealthy and big corporations. Bob Levey | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images If the Biden administration gets its way, wealthy households are going to face higher tax rates. Many millionaires appear to be OK with that. More than half — 60% — of

The recent release of thousands of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s emails from the spring of 2020 revealed a lot about the early days of the pandemic. But it was also a fascinating glimpse into the White House chief medical advisor’s busy job. The sheer number of emails that Fauci receives and responds to in a day

The off-price retailer Saks Off Fifth has teamed up with The Phluid Project to create a line of gender-fluid apparel, coinciding with Pride Month. Source: Saks Off Fifth For Christina McCann, shopping at the mall involves sifting through the women’s and the men’s aisles in search of the perfect outfit. McCann, who is nonbinary, often

Kevin Aluwi and William Tanuwijaya recently made Indonesian history. As founding members of GoTo Group, the 30-somethings are responsible for creating Indonesia’s newest and most valuable tech company after merging their ride-hailing and e-commerce start-ups in the country’s biggest-ever business deal. The combined entity contributes 2% to Indonesia’s GDP via its various business lines including

Shoppers maintain safe distance in a checkout line in Torrance, Calif. Al Seib | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic is subsiding, but the new normal might not look the same as 2019. One reason why: The prices of some goods and services have crept up due to inflation and could continue