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Bill Gates has already donated an enormous fortune to global causes. And he just announced that by 2045, he'll donate another $200 billion. Here's where the money has gone so far, and what comes next.

A 60-year-old woman was left in a coma after a violent break-in at the Montecito mansion of Beanie Babies billionaire Ty Warner. The attacker, a former soldier with a violent past, now faces attempted murder charges after claiming the home was his.

Long before Shari Redstone was navigating boardroom battles, her father, Sumner Redstone, was making headlines of a very different kind… by spending hundreds of millions of dollars on ex-girlfriends, mistresses, and brief flings…

James Dyson built one of the most profitable tech empires on Earth by obsessing over airflow and refusing to give up. After 5,126 failed prototypes, he vacuumed up an $18 billion fortune—and still owns 100% of the company.

When Yvon Chouinard was in his 20s he spent more than six months of each year criss crossing North America and the Alps climbing mountains with his friends and living on about 50 cents a day. Today, Chouinard is the founder of the outdoor gear company Patagonia, which reported $750 million in sales in 2015.

The billionaire behind OnlyFans has quietly paid himself more than $1.5 billion in dividends, all while avoiding the spotlight. Now, he may be preparing to sell the company for $8 billion and walk away with $6.1 billion in cash. But the question remains: why sell a business that prints money?

From a family HVAC fortune to Super Bowl glory and a $1 billion guitar collection, Jim Irsay's life was as loud, chaotic, and unforgettable as rock and roll itself.

What's the price of walking away from your principles? For WhatsApp's founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum, it wasn't cheap…

There are plenty of examples of young people developing a huge net worth but there are also those who did not strike it rich until later in life.

From $750 and a suitcase to a billion-dollar doll empire — how Isaac Larian battled Mattel, beat the odds, and built MGA into the biggest private toy company in America.

Seven years after Paul Allen's death, his estate is finally beginning to unwind the empire he left behind. The Portland Trail Blazers are officially for sale—and the proceeds could help fund one of the largest charitable legacies in modern history.

They saw treasure where others saw trash. From garbage trucks and scrap yards to billion-dollar recycling empires, these entrepreneurs built their fortunes by turning waste into wealth. Here's how they did it.

Jeff Bezos once lost $185 million on a failed acquisition. But that "failure" introduced him to two Stanford students building a strange little search engine called Google. The into might be the smartest investment he ever made.

What do wigs, roller skates, and "E.T." shoelaces have to do with a $9.4 billion sneaker empire? Meet the Greenbergs — a former hairdresser and his kids — who just sold Skechers for $9.4 billion and are walking away with $1.1 billion.

Imagine how rich you'd be if you gave the founders of Google a check for $250,000 back in 1998. Ram Shriram doesn't have to imagine.