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Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires
What's it really like to be ultra-rich? Keep up to date with the crazy lives of the world's wealthiest people.
A bust of Elon Musk is seen in Brownsville, Texas, on Friday, the day of SpaceX’s IPO. Photo: Reuters
Elon Musk

Musk is world’s first trillionaire – what could he buy with all that money?

The SpaceX boss has reached a level of wealth that is hard to understand in real terms. But we’re going to try.

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United States

Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX IPO

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IPO

As Musk becomes first trillionaire from SpaceX IPO, will next come from China?

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SpaceX

Blast off on Wall Street: record SpaceX IPO could make Musk a trillionaire

At US$135 a share, the offering will raise US$75 billion, making it the biggest market debut in history.

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A new version of the SpaceX Starship rocket launching from Starbase in Texas in May. Photo: dpa
United States

Bill Gates says Epstein blackmailed him using knowledge of his affairs

Gates said the late sex offender used information about his infidelities to pressure him to ‘re-engage’.

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IPO

The world’s 5 largest-ever IPOs, before Elon Musk’s SpaceX listing

Ahead of SpaceX’s public listing on Friday, set to break records, here are some previous block-buster fundraisers.

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Thailand

Thailand’s Thaksin officially free but faces new multimillion tax battle

The former prime minister, who was released on parole last month, has had his electronic monitoring device removed.

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Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra thanks supporters upon arriving back home after his release from Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok on May 11. Photo: AFP
Royalty

Auditors shine light on UK royal housing, disgraced Andrew’s ‘peppercorn rent’

National Audit Office offers the most ⁠detailed review ever of royal property arrangements in a new report.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Maisie Peters, the singer still waiting on her Taylor Swift wedding invite

The English musician, who’s also toured with Ed Sheeran and Noah Kahan, joked that she may not make the guest list after gushing over Hilary Duff.

Space

Blue Origin rocket explodes on launch pad during engine-firing test

Jeff Bezos’ space venture hit with a major setback in New Glenn rocket ‘anomaly’.

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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploding in a massive fireball on Thursday. Photo: @NASASpaceflight via X
Fashion

Who is Jonathan Andic, son of fashion brand Mango’s founder Isak Andic?

After joining the Spanish fashion brand in 2005, Jonathan rose to be its executive vice-president a decade later – and a few weeks after his father’s death.

Jonathan Andic, the son of late Mango founder Isak Andic, was named a suspect and arrested over his father’s death. Photo: Getty Images
Fame and celebrity

Meet Away’s glam co-founder, Jen Rubio – a fashionista in the making

The co-founder of luggage manufacturer Away has been making fashion waves at Cannes and the Met Gala – so who is she exactly?

Britain

Queen pushed for ex-prince Andrew’s appointment as trade envoy

Emails released earlier this year suggest ‌that Mountbatten-Windsor, while serving ‌as trade envoy, forwarded reports to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Social media

Video | Corporate billionaires are China’s newest influencers

EV executives such as Xiaomi’s Lei Jun and NIO’s William Li have live-streamed themselves on road trips featuring their brands’ vehicles.

Corporate billionaires are China’s latest live-streaming influencers
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Thailand

Thailand’s Singha beer dynasty rocked by sexual abuse allegations

The kingdom’s most-watched family scandal in years has prompted a sacking, a televised confessional – and a warning from media regulators.

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The Singha and Leo brands of the Bhirombhakdi family’s Boon Rawd Brewery account for roughly two-thirds of Thailand’s beer market. Photo: Shutterstock
Elon Musk

US jury rules against Musk in OpenAI feud, finding lawsuit came too late

Jurors deliberate for less than two hours before tossing Elon Musk’s breach-of-contract claims against OpenAI and its founders.

United States

US prosecutors drop fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani

Adani, one of the world’s richest people, had been accused in 2024 of paying huge bribes to ensure the success of a solar project in India.

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Crime

Around 10 ‘new’ victims emerge in France’s expanding Epstein probe

Authorities target French perpetrators who facilitated the late American sex offender’s crimes.

Jeffrey Epstein in an undated photo released by the late financier’s estate. Photo: House Oversight Committee via TNS
India

Indian tycoon Adani agrees to pay US$6 million to settle SEC fraud case

Multiple agencies could soon drop charges against Asia’s richest person and resolve investigations into his company.

2026 Xi-Trump summits

Musk joins Trump’s Beijing delegation as a ‘natural bridge’ for trade

Gigafactory stakes and a push for self-driving software approval cast the billionaire as a key US envoy while seemingly sealing a reconciliation with Trump.

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China property

Ex-adviser urges China to tackle inequality with higher taxes on ultra-rich

Raising taxes on assets, incomes of high earners will add to state revenues and incentivise protecting property rights, economist says.

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China should tax the ultra-rich’s property and income streams to align government incentives with protecting property rights and stabilising expectations, a prominent economist has said. Photo: Reuters
Thailand

Video | Thailand’s ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra released from prison

Thaksin has served 8 months since September 2025 for an abuse of power conviction.

Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (R) hugs his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra upon his release at Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok on May 11, 2026. Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released early from prison on May 11, raising the prospect of a return to the spotlight for the political heavyweight. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
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Thailand

Thaksin exits jail to a Thailand that seems to have moved on from Shinawatra era

The former prime minister’s once unassailable Pheu Thai party is now just a minor player in Anutin Charnvirakul’s government.

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X (formerly Twitter)

French prosecutors open judicial investigation into Elon Musk and X

Move follows tech billionaire’s failure to attend an April summons over possible abuses on his social media network X.

Sexual harassment and assault

Purported Epstein suicide note unsealed by US judge

A cellmate of Epstein reportedly found the note following the sex offender’s first alleged suicide attempt in July 2019.

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The purported suicide note. Photo: US District Court for the Southern District of New York via Reuters
United States

Trump family’s crypto project sues billionaire backer Justin Sun

The Trumps’ World Liberty Financial accused Sun of launching a ‘public smear campaign’.

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Justin Sun at Korea Blockchain Week 2025 in Seoul. Photo: Reuters
India

Meet Diya Joukani, the social media star seen with Rihanna at a Fenty event

The viral designer has over half a million followers on Instagram and filmed a ‘cool girl from India’-style video with Rihanna in Mumbai.

South Korea

How Samsung clan made a US$45 billion financial comeback in 1 year

The Lee dynasty is now Asia’s third-richest family, up from 10th last year, thanks to an AI-driven upswing in semiconductor valuations.

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