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Vermont-based janitor and gas station attendant Ronald Read died at 92, leaving most of his $8 million investment portfolio to the local hospital and library where he lived. At his death in 2014, his...
Upward economic mobility has been growing increasingly difficult in the U.S. in recent decades — particularly for those at the lower end of the income spectrum. Nationwide, Americans born into a...
Elon Musk is not only the richest man on the Bloomberg Billionaire list, but his net worth has risen the most. At $334 billion, it is up $105 billion since January 1. Larry Ellison is next in line....
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates’s net worth has recently moved back above $162 billion. It was less than that for much of the year, probably because Microsoft’s...
Unlike most of the world’s richest people, Steve Ballmer did not start a company or inherit money from a rich family. As an undergraduate at Harvard, he met Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder and...
24/7 Wall St. Insights With a $27.4 trillion economy, the U.S. is the wealthiest county on Earth. Not all Americans share in this prosperity, however, and across the country, there are communities...
24/7 Wall St. Insights The U.S. is home to over 38% of the world’s millionaires, and only about 4% of the global population.  Though the U.S. is the richest country on Earth, its wealth is often...
24/7 Wall St. Insights Higher minimum wages are directly related to lower rates of poverty, suicide, and unhappiness. The benefits of higher minimum wages always outweigh the negative consequences...
A recent analysis reveals that many Americans would describe themselves as living paycheck to paycheck. The results are similar despite age and income.