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a rich person who has at least a billion dollars, pounds, etc.
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Recent Examples of billionaires
Some sanctioned billionaires have chosen to repatriate their holdings, boosting investment in the country.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Oprah Winfrey, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and Rihanna are some of those featured on Forbes’ roundup of 10 billionaires who beat the odds to turn rags into riches.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The majority of the legacy studios are in free fall, and there are only so many children of billionaires to go around.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
John Hyatt is a staff writer who covers billionaires with a focus on finance, investments, deals and business disputes.
—John Hyatt, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
After winning the presidential election by margins that devastated the Democratic Party, billionaires, world leaders and culture-makers all rushed to embrace the president-elect.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Eleventh-hour launch licenses that the Federal Aviation Administration just issued to Blue Origin and to SpaceX are setting the stage for space billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to supercharge their race to the Moon.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud took a shot at Elon Musk and other billionaires in posts on social media on Sunday after the passage of a stopgap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
With lush tropical shores that melt away into white sands and tranquil waves, Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands is beautiful enough for billionaires, and that's no exaggeration.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Oprah Winfrey, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and Rihanna are some of those featured on Forbes’ roundup of 10 billionaires who beat the odds to turn rags into riches.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The majority of the legacy studios are in free fall, and there are only so many children of billionaires to go around.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025
John Hyatt is a staff writer who covers billionaires with a focus on finance, investments, deals and business disputes.
—John Hyatt, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
After winning the presidential election by margins that devastated the Democratic Party, billionaires, world leaders and culture-makers all rushed to embrace the president-elect.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Eleventh-hour launch licenses that the Federal Aviation Administration just issued to Blue Origin and to SpaceX are setting the stage for space billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to supercharge their race to the Moon.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud took a shot at Elon Musk and other billionaires in posts on social media on Sunday after the passage of a stopgap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
With lush tropical shores that melt away into white sands and tranquil waves, Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands is beautiful enough for billionaires, and that's no exaggeration.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Billionaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billionaires. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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