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Billionaire Jeff Bezos and partner Lauren Sánchez relocated their Venice wedding reception from the Scuola Grande della Misericordia to the more secure Arsenale complex after activist group “No Space for Bezos” threatened protests, including canal blockades with inflatable crocodiles.

Greenpeace and anti-tourism activists protested Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding, highlighting billionaire tax inequalities and environmental concerns with banners in St Mark’s Square.

Bill Gates has accelerated his plan to donate nearly all of his wealth, aiming for completion by 2045 instead of the previously set timeframe after his death.

The new “gold cards” are US residency permits of $5 million (€4.8 million) a pop, replacing a 35-year-old visa for investors.

Oxfam’s annual inequality report shows the rapid acceleration of wealth accumulation by the world’s richest in 2024, as 44 percent…

Elon Musk joins Donald Trump at election rally Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk made a surprise appearance at a Donald…

Superyacht and private jet tax could raise £2bn a year, say campaigners Oxfam says ‘commonsense solution’ would reduce emissions and…

Telegram boss banned from leaving France in criminal probe Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, has been placed…

The 81-year-old former Beatle saw his wealth increase by £50 million in the past year, thanks to touring, the enduring value of his music catalogue, and Beyoncé’s cover of his 1968 classic, “Blackbird.”

Jeff Bezos is back on top as the richest person on the planet, beating out Elon Musk, according to the latest report from Bloomberg. Bezos, the brains behind Amazon, boasts a whopping net worth of $200 billion, leaving Musk trailing slightly behind at $198 billion.