Australian billionaire James Packer paid $1.25 million to Netanyahu's law firm
Australian billionaire James Packer paid $1.25 million to the law firm defending Israel's prime minister, and says the work was unrelated to the case.
Ghanaian billionaire Ibrahim Mahama's gold mine doubles full-time staff to 426
Six months after taking over the Damang gold mine from Gold Fields, Ibrahim Mahama's company has doubled full-time staff and lifted monthly mining volumes.
Nigerian banking tycoon Atedo Peterside’s Stanbic IBTC stake is worth $17.8 million
Atedo Peterside started IBTC in 1989 and built it into Stanbic IBTC. His 150 million shares in the Lagos-listed group are now worth $17.8 million.
U.S. billionaire Herbert Wertheim lets 74 Nobel winners choose where his money goes
Florida optometrist and inventor Herbert Wertheim is handing 74 Nobel laureates the power to decide which charities receive millions of dollars of his fortune.
Kenyan billionaire Narendra Raval to host president at $385 million cement plant groundbreaking
Kenyan steel and cement tycoon Narendra Raval breaks ground on his $385 million Kitui cement plant on Tuesday, with President William Ruto expected to officiate.
Nigerian lottery billionaire Kessington Adebutu donates $600,000 office to Lagos security fund
Nigerian lottery tycoon Kessington Adebutu fully funded a new multi-storey headquarters for the Lagos State Security Trust Fund and donated five patrol vehicles.
South African coal tycoon Mike Teke's Seriti loses coal rights appeal to rival
South Africa's mining minister has ruled against Mike Teke's Seriti Power in a fight with a junior miner over two plots at its Khutala mine.
U.S. transgender billionaire Martine Rothblatt sells $5.5 million in United Therapeutics stock
Martine Rothblatt, the founder and chief executive of drugmaker United Therapeutics, sold about $5.5 million of stock as the shares climbed toward a 52-week high.
South African tycoons Mark and Brett Levy to build $21.8 million solar plant
Blu Label, the Johannesburg-listed group run by Mark and Brett Levy, is building a R360 million solar plant to supply power to Ekurhuleni.
American hedge-fund billionaire Louis Bacon backs fight against $250 million Panama port
Billionaire Louis Bacon's Panama foundation is backing the fight against American developer John McKeown's planned $250 million port beside protected mangroves.
Jamaican billionaire Michael Lee-Chin's Portland fund posts record $9.4 million loss
Portland JSX, the listed private equity fund run by Michael Lee-Chin's Portland Private Equity, more than doubled its annual loss to a record $9.4 million.
American trading billionaire Jeff Yass gives $110 million to Republicans for midterms
Trading billionaire and early ByteDance investor Jeff Yass has become one of the biggest donors of the U.S. midterms, giving Republicans about $110 million.
Nigerian billionaire Folorunsho Alakija threatens legal action over $1.27 million fraud report
Nigerian oil tycoon Folorunso Alakija has demanded the removal of a report claiming anti-graft agents are investigating her Famfa Oil over a $1.27 million fraud.
Madagascar's richest man Ylias Akbaraly eyes $450 million Nigeria TV deal
Ylias Akbaraly’s Thomson Broadcast is counting on Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Nigeria to clinch a contract to rebuild the country’s TV and radio network.
American AI billionaire Dario Amodei's Anthropic posts $16.3 billion first-half revenue
Dario Amodei's Anthropic grew revenue nearly fifteenfold in the first half, its draft IPO filing shows, ahead of a listing that could top $1.5 trillion.
Indian billionaire Azim Premji leads $105 million bet on AI small-business lender
Premji Invest, the family office of Wipro founder Azim Premji, is leading a ₹1,000 crore investment in Vegafin, which is buying small-business lender Bizloan.