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With AI, Dead Celebrities Are Working Again And Making Millions
The dead-celebrity industry has proved lucrative. Despite Michael Jackson being about $500 million in debt at the time of his death, his estate has amassed a fortune of $2 billion, according to People.
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Pavel Durov: Mysterious And Controversial Telegram Founder
Russian-born tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov has founded wildly popular social networks, cryptocurrencies, amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune and locked horns with authorities, in Russia and around the world.
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Mysterious Life Of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, Called "Russian Zuckerberg"
Russian-born tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov has founded wildly popular social networks as well as a cryptocurrency, amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune and locked horns with authorities not just in Russia but around the world.
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Sibling Rivalry Costs Indian Tycoon In US Rs 20,000 Crore. All About The Case
An obscure 21-year legal feud involving five brothers from India who have amassed a fortune in diamonds and Los Angeles real estate burst into public view this week with a multibillion-dollar US verdict that may be among the largest of the decade.
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The First Woman With $100 Billion Fortune, World's 12th Richest, Is...
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers became the first woman to amass a $100 billion fortune, marking another milestone for the heiress and for France's expanding fashion and cosmetics industries.
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Elon Musk Becomes First Person Ever To Lose $200 Billion
Elon Musk was the second person ever to amass a personal fortune of more than $200 billion, breaching that threshold in January 2021, months after Jeff Bezos.
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Sam Bankman-Fried Said to Reverse Decision to Contest Extradition to the US
FTX's former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is said to plan to reverse his decision to contest his extradition to the US from the Bahamas. The move will pave the way for Bankman-Fried to be extradited to the US where he will appear before a court to face wire fraud, money laundering and campaign finance charges.
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Pune Police Officer Arrested Over Crypto Kidnap Plot
An Indian cryptocurrency trader who amassed a $40-million (roughly Rs. 299 crore) fortune was kidnapped by a police officer and seven others who demanded he transfer his Bitcoin wallet to them, authorities said Wednesday.
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He Built An $8.9 Billion Fortune. Then Trouble Began With A Fire
Bom Kim amassed a fortune at Coupang Inc., the Amazon of South Korea, that reached as much as $8.9 billion, and became the poster child of a new kind of wealth generation in the country.
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How 2 Stanford University Dropouts Made $860 Million Fortune By Age 23
They didn't complete a single year of college, but Henrique Dubugras, 23, and Pedro Franceschi, 22, have already amassed a veteran's share of Silicon Valley experience. Now they have the net worth to match.
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Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden Home Was Hub Of Conspiracy, Says Supreme Court
The home of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in Chennai's posh Poes Garden was the hub of the conspiracy in which assets worth over 60 crores were amassed, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. In its verdict, the court convicted VK Sasikala, Jayalalithaa's long-time live-in aide, and sentenced her to a four-year jail term.
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Uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in French Probe Over 90-Million-Euro Fortune
The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is under investigation in France for amassing a 90-million-euro fortune, including a stud farm and luxury apartments, despite being kicked out of Syria "with nothing" 30 years ago.
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Please explain Vadra model of development, BJP taunts Congress
The BJP today freshened its attack on Robert Vadra, the controversial son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who has been accused of amassing a vast fortune on the strength of his powerful family. "The Gandhis keep faulting the Gujarat model of development. Can they explain the Vadra model of development?" asked the BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasa...
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Moving to U.S. and amassing a fortune, no English needed
More than 40 years after arriving in New York from Mexico uneducated and broke, Felix Sanchez de la Vega Guzman still can barely speak English. Ask him a question, and he will respond with a few halting phrases and an apologetic smile before shifting back to the comfort of Spanish.
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With AI, Dead Celebrities Are Working Again And Making Millions
The dead-celebrity industry has proved lucrative. Despite Michael Jackson being about $500 million in debt at the time of his death, his estate has amassed a fortune of $2 billion, according to People.
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Pavel Durov: Mysterious And Controversial Telegram Founder
Russian-born tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov has founded wildly popular social networks, cryptocurrencies, amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune and locked horns with authorities, in Russia and around the world.
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Mysterious Life Of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, Called "Russian Zuckerberg"
Russian-born tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov has founded wildly popular social networks as well as a cryptocurrency, amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune and locked horns with authorities not just in Russia but around the world.
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Sibling Rivalry Costs Indian Tycoon In US Rs 20,000 Crore. All About The Case
An obscure 21-year legal feud involving five brothers from India who have amassed a fortune in diamonds and Los Angeles real estate burst into public view this week with a multibillion-dollar US verdict that may be among the largest of the decade.
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The First Woman With $100 Billion Fortune, World's 12th Richest, Is...
Francoise Bettencourt Meyers became the first woman to amass a $100 billion fortune, marking another milestone for the heiress and for France's expanding fashion and cosmetics industries.
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Elon Musk Becomes First Person Ever To Lose $200 Billion
Elon Musk was the second person ever to amass a personal fortune of more than $200 billion, breaching that threshold in January 2021, months after Jeff Bezos.
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Sam Bankman-Fried Said to Reverse Decision to Contest Extradition to the US
FTX's former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is said to plan to reverse his decision to contest his extradition to the US from the Bahamas. The move will pave the way for Bankman-Fried to be extradited to the US where he will appear before a court to face wire fraud, money laundering and campaign finance charges.
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Pune Police Officer Arrested Over Crypto Kidnap Plot
An Indian cryptocurrency trader who amassed a $40-million (roughly Rs. 299 crore) fortune was kidnapped by a police officer and seven others who demanded he transfer his Bitcoin wallet to them, authorities said Wednesday.
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He Built An $8.9 Billion Fortune. Then Trouble Began With A Fire
Bom Kim amassed a fortune at Coupang Inc., the Amazon of South Korea, that reached as much as $8.9 billion, and became the poster child of a new kind of wealth generation in the country.
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How 2 Stanford University Dropouts Made $860 Million Fortune By Age 23
They didn't complete a single year of college, but Henrique Dubugras, 23, and Pedro Franceschi, 22, have already amassed a veteran's share of Silicon Valley experience. Now they have the net worth to match.
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Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden Home Was Hub Of Conspiracy, Says Supreme Court
The home of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in Chennai's posh Poes Garden was the hub of the conspiracy in which assets worth over 60 crores were amassed, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday. In its verdict, the court convicted VK Sasikala, Jayalalithaa's long-time live-in aide, and sentenced her to a four-year jail term.
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Uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in French Probe Over 90-Million-Euro Fortune
The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is under investigation in France for amassing a 90-million-euro fortune, including a stud farm and luxury apartments, despite being kicked out of Syria "with nothing" 30 years ago.
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Please explain Vadra model of development, BJP taunts Congress
The BJP today freshened its attack on Robert Vadra, the controversial son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who has been accused of amassing a vast fortune on the strength of his powerful family. "The Gandhis keep faulting the Gujarat model of development. Can they explain the Vadra model of development?" asked the BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasa...
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Moving to U.S. and amassing a fortune, no English needed
More than 40 years after arriving in New York from Mexico uneducated and broke, Felix Sanchez de la Vega Guzman still can barely speak English. Ask him a question, and he will respond with a few halting phrases and an apologetic smile before shifting back to the comfort of Spanish.
