Japanese billionaire Tadashi Yanai's firm sues Maui landowner over water bills
A company owned by Uniqlo founder Tadashi Yanai has accused Maui Land & Pineapple of racketeering over water bills, which the landowner calls pressure.
Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal plans $25 billion Vedanta expansion over three years
Indian mining billionaire Anil Agarwal says his Vedanta group will spend $25 billion over three years to expand aluminium, copper, zinc, oil and gas.
Kenyan billionaire Narendra Raval's Devki seeks to mine iron ore on 7,370 acres
Devki Steel Mills, owned by Kenyan billionaire Narendra Raval, has applied for a licence to mine iron ore on 7,370 acres in Taita Taveta County.
Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart tops Western Australia's rich list with $26.4 billion
Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart tops Western Australia's 2026 Rich 100 with A$37.5 billion, as the number of billionaires in the state rises to 20.
Presco, controlled by Nigerian billionaire Rasheed Sarumi, posts $111 million nine-month profit
Presco, the Nigerian palm oil producer chaired by Rasheed Sarumi, raised nine-month pre-tax profit 8.5% to ₦151.5 billion and paid down half its debt.
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote's refinery takes Nigeria's oil as US buys 58% less
US purchases of Nigerian crude fell by more than half this year as Aliko Dangote's 700,000-barrel-a-day refinery near Lagos kept more oil home.
American media mogul Byron Allen makes nearly $20 million selling his Starz stake
Media mogul Byron Allen has sold his entire 10.7% stake in Starz for almost $45 million, nearly doubling his money in about six months.
American billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Amazon tumbles 11% after hours as AI spending sends free cash flow negative
American billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Amazon fell 11% after hours as AI spending more than doubled and pushed free cash flow negative, despite 39% growth at AWS.
American billionaire Sergey Brin loses $29 billion as Alphabet suffers its worst day since going public
American billionaire Sergey Brin lost about $29 billion on paper as Alphabet shares plunged more than 12% in their worst day since the company’s 2004 IPO.
Italian billionaire heir Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio vows to keep father’s Ray-Ban empire Italian after $34.8 billion bid
Italian billionaire heir Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio vowed to keep his father’s empire Italian after Czech billionaire Michal Strnad offered $34.8 billion for Delfin.
Kenyan tycoon Manoj Shah, who built a five-country chemicals business from six staff, says a stroke finally made him slow down
Kenyan tycoon Manoj Shah built Osho Chemical Industries from six staff into a five-country business, and says a stroke finally taught him to slow down.
Nigerian tycoon Nonso Okpala’s VFD Group nearly doubles nine-month profit as investment income surges
Nigerian tycoon Nonso Okpala’s VFD Group nearly doubled nine-month profit to N13 billion, as investment income jumped 52.6% and fee income nearly quadrupled.
Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu's BUA Cement posts $339 million nine-month profit
BUA Cement, controlled by Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu, lifted nine-month profit 60% to ₦463.1 billion as revenue topped ₦1 trillion.
Kenyan sugar tycoon Jaswant Rai plans $32 million factory in Nandi County
Jaswant Rai's West Kenya Sugar plans a Sh4.2 billion factory in Nandi County, extending the Rai family's hold on Kenya's sugar industry.
American billionaire Ross Perot Jr. says the AI boom is leaving the US short of giant warehouses
American billionaire Ross Perot Jr. says the AI boom has left the US with just 15 to 20 vacant giant warehouses, down from a more typical 50.
American billionaire Sergey Brin’s Alphabet tops $127 billion in revenue as Google Cloud doubles, but shares slide
American billionaire Sergey Brin’s Alphabet posted $127.6 billion in quarterly revenue as Google Cloud doubled, but its shares slid after hours on spending fears.