Reclusive L'Oréal heir, who plays piano for hours a day, becomes the first woman with a $100 billion fortune

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Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers
Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers,

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Small airports are magnets for the wealthy: Here are the 8 most popular for private jets

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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg frequent private jets.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are frequent users of their private jets. Some small cities and towns across the US see a big surge of PJs for certain events.

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Where billionaires spend the holidays

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in Aspen, Colorado, last holiday season.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez were spotted in Aspen, Colorado, last December. The ski resort is among the most popular spots for the ultrawealthy over the holidays.

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The eating habits of tech execs: From Mark Zuckerberg's 'kill what you eat' routine to Elon Musk's Diet Coke obsession

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Elon Musk loves donuts. The Twitter CEO recently tweeted that he eats a donut every morning.

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The billionaire gift guide: What the world's wealthiest are giving each other

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Photo collage of a dollar sign topping a christmas tree.
The uberrich celebrate the holidays just like the rest of us. But from Hermès bags to hours on a private jet, their gifts are a little different.

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Russia got richer even as the war in Ukraine raged on last year, while the West shed trillions of dollars of wealth

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St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.
The number of Russian millionaires rose by about 56,000 last year, a new report by UBS indicated.

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The world's wealthiest families got $1.5 trillion richer in 2023, with Hermès' owners and the rulers of Abu Dhabi leading the way

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The owners of French luxury fashion house Hermès added $56 billion worth of wealth in 2023, according to Bloomberg.

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The tech billionaires trying to hack longevity and live forever

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Tech billionaires living forever
From Sam Altman (from top left, clockwise) to Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Sergey Brin, many of the world's wealthiest billionaires seem to be on a quest for the fountain of youth.

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Billionaire heirs are getting richer than entrepreneurs as old money prevails amid IPO chill

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Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, and Kieran Culkin on season four of
Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, and Kieran Culkin on season four of "Succession."

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Inside the 60-year friendship of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, who both started out working in the same grocery store

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Charlie Munger, left, and Warren Buffett, right, have been partners at Berkshire Hathaway for just over 40 years.

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