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According to Adam Schefter, Canadian billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos submitted a $6 billion bid to purchase the historic NFL team from controversial owner Daniel Snyder. On March 22, the New York Times reported that Apostolopoulos had toured the Commanders’ facilities, though at the time it wasn’t clear if he would make a bid. Though Apostolopoulos has never owned […]
Jeff Bezos, one of the wealthiest men alive, has pledged to donate most of his wealth to charity. In an interview with CNN, Bezos said that he and his partner, Lauren Sánchez, are “building the capacity to be able to give away this money.” With a net worth of $124 billion, the Amazon founder is […]
Alex Jones wants a redo. According to the Associated Press, the far-right media figure has asked the court to scrap the nearly $1 billion verdict in his Sandy Hook defamation lawsuit. The suit—brought forth by eight families of Sandy Hook victims—alleges Jones had used his platform to propagate baseless conspiracy theories about the 2012 school shooting, […]
Patagonia is under new ownership. Brand founder Yvon Chouinard announced the news Wednesday, confirming he and his family gave away the $3 billion company in an effort to fight climate change. The move comes nearly 50 years after the rock climber-turned-billionaire opened the first Patagonia store in Ventura, California. In the following decades, the Chouinards owned and operated the […]
The Mexican drug cartel accused of carrying out the killings of nine women and children from an offshoot Mormon community has been ordered by a U.S. judge to pay $1.5 billion, bringing the total settlement over the desert massacre to $4.6 billion. As the Bismarck Tribune reported, North Dakota federal magistrate judge Clare Hochalter issued […]
Elon Musk is becoming the new owner of Twitter, and many on the platform are less than thrilled about the change. On Monday, it was announced that Twitter Inc. will be acquired “by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk,” for a reported bid of roughly $44 billion. And as a result, the company will go […]
Elon Musk revealed in an interview with TED’s Chris Anderson that he currently doesn’t own a house and relies on the kindness of friends to keep a roof over his head. “I don’t even own a place right now, I’m literally staying at friends’ places,” Musk said at the 1:01:24 mark of the interview. “If I travel […]
Meek Mill is defending some of his billionaire friends. After Lil Duval tweeted on Friday that “real billionaires see humans as livestock,” warning his fans to keep that in mind before they “glorify and praise one,” Meek was quick to share his own thoughts about the nation’s wealthiest, as HotNewHipHop initially reported. “I got some […]
Bill Gates clearly knows how to take a joke—even when he’s the butt of it. This was demonstrated in a recent TikTok video in which Gates was seen watching Chris Rock’s Tamborine, a 2018 stand-up special for Netflix. The clip begins with a close-up of the TV as Rock makes some harsh assumptions about the Microsoft founder’s childhood. “Do you think kids were nice to Bill Gates in […]
As news about Bill and Melinda Gates’ split continues to bubble up, it’s been revealed that Bill reportedly told his golfing friends about marital issues. A source told the New York Post this week this week that Bill’s friends on the green were some of the first to hear about his concerns, adding that the marriage […]
