Elon Musk says money can't buy happiness. Research shows he's both right and wrong.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Elon Musk speaks on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, against a blue backdrop.
Elon Musk is the world's richest person.

Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images

Blame Jeff Bezos! And then stop hoping billionaires bail out the news.

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Sports
Jeff Bezos leaves a restaurant, surrounded by a crowd, in Venice, Italy; June 2025
Jeff Bezos can afford a multi-day wedding in Venice. He could also afford to fund the Washington Post's losses. But we need news outlets that don't depend on billionaires to survive.

Andrea Carrubba/Anadolu via Getty Images

Nvidia salaries revealed: How much the chip giant pays engineers and other key roles as its stock mints millionaires

Tech Insider : Business
Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang

Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images

A Czech defense boss has gained more wealth this year than anyone except Elon Musk — and he's only 33

Tech Insider : Business
Czechoslovak Group CEO Michal Strnad
Czechoslovak Group CEO Michal Strnad

Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

I'm a millionaire living in California. I'm happy to pay higher taxes since I have more wealth — it just makes sense.

Tech Insider : Business
Scott Ellis
Scott Ellis is a millionaire who supports higher taxes for the wealthy, including himself.

Courtesy of Scott Ellis

See the 50,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion at the center of a billion-dollar bankruptcy

Tech Insider : Business, Sports, Style
This photo shows the brick and carved-limestone front exterior and the grounds of the 1907 Crocker-McMillin mansion in Mahwah, New Jersey.
The 1907 Crocker-McMillin mansion -- modeled after a Jacobean-Age English estate -- in all its slate-shingled and carved-limestone glory.

Evan Joseph/Business Insider

The world's 4 richest people are $100 billion wealthier already this year

Tech Insider : Business
Photo collage featuring Elon Musk
The Tesla board has proposed a pay package for Elon Musk that could be worth up to $1 trillion.

ALLISON ROBBERT/Getty Images; Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

'Bond King' Bill Gross says the record stock rally is at risk of stalling — and tells us what could keep the party going

Tech Insider : Business, Crypto, Economy
Bill Gross
Bill Gross

Mary Hurlbut/Stu News Laguna

David Sacks calls California wealth tax 'an asset seizure,' says it's 'not a one-time, it's a first time'

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
David Sacks speaks during an event at the White House
AI czar David Sacks

Alex Brandon/AP

4 tech moguls who attended or donated to Trumps inauguration got $288 billion richer, cumulatively, in his first year back

Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Economy
Side by side photos of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang have lost a collective $192 billion in wealth since Inauguration Day.

Win McNamee/Getty Images; Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images; Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Subscribe to Billionaires