Nigerian tycoon Bola Shagaya's son was business partner of jailed Turkish fund boss
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Indian billionaire brothers Nitin and Chetan Sandesara are building 10 patrol vessels for Nigeria’s navy
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American billionaire Ken Griffin raises his Miami hospital gift to $75 million
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Spanish billionaire Sandra Ortega, Zara founder’s daughter, is set to get even richer
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Elon Musk mocks Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani as ‘prime minister’ in Starlink feud
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British billionaire Chris Hohn built a record-breaking hedge fund to pay for Africa's children
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Egyptian billionaire Ahmed Elsewedy plans to build electric cars in Algeria
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Nigerian oil tycoon Ken Etete built an offshore empire by buying the oil ships he once ran for others
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Nigerian billionaire Chika Okafor went from selling bean cakes to building the Chicason Group empire
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How Zimbabwean mogul Kevin James built Country Bird into one of Africa's biggest chicken producers
Zimbabwean poultry tycoon Kevin James bought a struggling chicken firm in 2003 and built Country Bird into a producer across seven African countries.
Indian billionaire Karsanbhai Patel takes 12.4% stake in US miner after selling bankrupt California business
Indian detergent billionaire Karsanbhai Patel now owns 12.4% of a Nasdaq-listed US miner after it bought his group’s bankrupt California minerals business.
Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal to pocket $110 million from Vedanta’s first dividend since its breakup
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Indian billionaire Sridhar Vembu urges Indians in the US to “come back” after green card freeze
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American billionaire Jensen Huang loses $6.1 billion as Nvidia shares fall
Jensen Huang lost $6.1 billion as Nvidia fell 3% on a report that OpenAI's revenue trails earlier figures, pushing his fortune below $200 billion.
Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son seeks $100 billion from Gulf investors for AI expansion
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son is seeking up to $100 billion from Gulf investors for a fund to buy companies and overhaul them with AI.