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Taylor Swift is estimated to have a $1.1 billion fortune

Taylor Swift officially declared a billionaire by Forbes

Taylor Swift has been officially named a member of the three-comma-club, as Forbes confirmed rumours estimating her wealth exceeds $1 billion.

Business • 03 Apr 24

The Collison brothers, Patrick and John, who founded the payments firm Stripe share 214th place overall on the list

Nine Irish billionaires worth collective $54.8bn

Nine Irish billionaires are estimated to be worth a collective $54.8 billion, according to the latest Forbes World's Billionaires 2022 list.

Business • 05 Apr 22

Conor McGregor earned $180m in the year to May, Forbes said today

McGregor tops Forbes' highest-paid athletes list

MMA fighter Conor McGregor was the world's highest-paid athlete over the last year ahead of soccer players Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the latest Forbes highest-paid athletes list.

Business • 13 May 21

Kim Kardashian is among the female billionaires on the Forbes list

Billion Dollar Ladies Club

The female billionaire list has more names than before including reality star Kim Kardashian West.

Business • 15 Apr 21

This year's billionaires are worth a combined $13.1 trillion

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tops Forbes' billionaire list

Forbes' annual world's billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year.

Business • 06 Apr 21

Amazon's Bezos tops latest Forbes richest list

Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has topped Forbes' list of richest Americans for the third year in a row.

Business • 08 Sep 20

Jeff Bezos' wealth grew over 30% to $147.6 billion in the two months since Covid-19 hit

Facebook, Amazon chiefs see wealth balloon amid Covid

The fortunes of US billionaires rose 15% in the two months since the coronavirus pandemic hit, a study found, with Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg seeing massive gains.

Business • 22 May 20

Jeff Bezos laughes all the way to the bank as he remains the world's richest person

Bezos, Gates & Buffett still top the world's ultra rich

Jeff Bezos remains the world's richest person, ahead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, according to the latest Forbes list of the ultra wealthy.

Business • 06 Mar 19

Report comes as Mr Trump heads into the final stretch of presidential campaigning

Trump's wealth put at $3.7bn, $800m less than 2015

US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's estimated net worth is $3.7 billion, $800 million less than a year ago, Forbes has magazine reported.

News • 28 Sep 16

More than 200 billionaires have jumped ahead of Trump

Trump falls away in latest Forbes billionaire list

Donald Trump may be the Republican front runner for the White House, but he is slipping behind in the world billionaires race, Forbes magazine's new list of the planet's richest people shows.

News • 01 Mar 16

Bill Gates has a personal fortune of $79.2 billion

Bill Gates still world's richest man - Forbes

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates kept his spot as the world's richest man, a rank he has held for 16 of the past 21 years, Forbes magazine said today.

Business • 02 Mar 15

Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates has reclaimed the top spot on the Forbes list after a four year hiatus

Gates reclaims top of Forbes billionaire list

Bill Gates has returned to the top of Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's richest people.

Business • 04 Mar 14

Bill Gates has been ranked the world's richest man for 15 of the past 20 years

Bill Gates named world's richest man

The surging price of Microsoft shares has returned US tech tycoon Bill Gates back to the top of Forbes's world's billionaires list, with his $76 billion beating out Mexico's Carlos Slim's $72 billion.

Business • 03 Mar 14

Patrick Collison and his brother John are names as two people "reinventing the world right now"

Young Irish entrepreneurs make Forbes list

Three Irish entrepreneurs have been included in Forbes’ annual ‘30 under 30’ list, which highlights what its reporters believe to be the most interesting young people working across a number of fields.

Business • 07 Jan 14

Ireland last topped the Forbes list in 2006

Ireland 'best country in the world' for business

Ireland has been named as the best country in the world for business by American financial magazine Forbes.

News • 05 Dec 13

Ireland 'best country in the world' for business

Ireland has been named the best country in the world for business by influential US financial magazine Forbes.

News • 05 Dec 13

Madonna's income came primarily from her recent world tour

Forbes ranks Madonna as top-earning celebrity

Pop singer Madonna is the world's top-earning celebrity, according to a new Forbes list, raking in an estimated $125 million in the past year.

Business • 27 Aug 13

James Whelton, co-founder of CoderDoJo, on Forbes ''30 under 30'' list

Four Irish on Forbes ''30 under 30'' list

Four Irish people have made it onto this years "30 under 30" - the list from business magazine Forbes.

Business • 18 Dec 12

Bill Gates is once again the richest American, says Forbes magazine

Richest Americans' net worth jumps 13%

The net worth of the richest Americans grew by 13% in the past year to $1.7 trillion, Forbes magazine said today.

Business • 19 Sep 12

Merkel tops Forbes list of powerful women

Forbes magazine ranked German Chancellor Angela Merkel the most powerful woman in the world for the second year in a row in the annual list dominated by politicians, businesswomen and media figures.

Business • 22 Aug 12

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Taylor Swift officially declared a billionaire by Forbes

Nine Irish billionaires worth collective $54.8bn

McGregor tops Forbes' highest-paid athletes list

Billion Dollar Ladies Club

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tops Forbes' billionaire list

Amazon's Bezos tops latest Forbes richest list

Facebook, Amazon chiefs see wealth balloon amid Covid

Bezos, Gates & Buffett still top the world's ultra rich

Trump's wealth put at $3.7bn, $800m less than 2015

Trump falls away in latest Forbes billionaire list

Bill Gates still world's richest man - Forbes

Gates reclaims top of Forbes billionaire list

Bill Gates named world's richest man

Young Irish entrepreneurs make Forbes list

Ireland 'best country in the world' for business

Ireland 'best country in the world' for business

Forbes ranks Madonna as top-earning celebrity

Four Irish on Forbes ''30 under 30'' list

Richest Americans' net worth jumps 13%

Merkel tops Forbes list of powerful women

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