Forbes Mercor founders (left to right): Adarsh Hiremath, Brendan Foody and Surya Midha. Brendan Foody, Adarsh Hiremath and Surya Midha had no idea what it was like to be recruited to a job, let alone be an employee, dropped out of college to launch Mercor in 2023. But they had engineering skills and an idea: […]
Trump Bet Big On Bitcoin As His Media Lost $54.8 Million Last Quarter
By Gbenga Oresanya USA- Donald Trump, the crypto skeptic-turned-“chief crypto advocate,” became one of the world’s biggest bitcoin investors this summer, when his Trump Media and Technology Group purchased $2 billion of the cryptocurrency. On stage at a bitcoin conference in Las Vegas, one day after news of the plan became public, first son Donald […]
The List of Tertiary Institutions owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the World
The LeadWay, The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church maintains one of the largest and most extensive Protestant educational systems in the world, operating nearly over 7,800 schools, colleges, and universities. The church operates over 137 Adventist universities and colleges with over 147 campuses in 43 different countries. This vast network is guided by a Christ-centered philosophy of […]
The LeadWay21 List: Africa’s Billionaires Are Richer Than Ever
Edited by Nancy Okojie, MBA in English and Literary Studies Africa, a continent rich in resources and burgeoning with economic potential, is home to a growing number of billionaires who have built vast empires in various sectors. These individuals are not just figures of immense wealth; they are pioneers of industry, innovators, and philanthropists whose […]
List of 11 AI Tech Billionaires
The world of technology has always been a hotbed for wealth creation, but the recent boom in artificial intelligence has ignited a new gold rush. As AI permeates every sector from healthcare to entertainment, it has minted a fresh class of billionaires who are not just shaping the future of technology but also amassing staggering […]
Top 10 billionaires in Asia: how their net worth has grown – or dropped – this year
By Chloe Lim, BT Amid this year’s volatility, has the wealth of these billionaires wilted or grown? Here’s a ranking. Some of the richest billionaires in the world are from Asia, and they helm companies in sectors ranging from software and technology to energy, consumer and retail. Of the top 10, seven are from China. […]
World’s Billionaires List
The Richest In 2025 Edited by Chase Peterson-Withorn with Grace Chung and Matt Durot Another year, another set of records for the world’s billionaire class. Forbes has been scanning the globe for billionaires since 1987. We found 140 of them that first year. It took two decades for their numbers to swell beyond 1,000. Then there were 2,000 in 2017. […]