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Wyss, whose net worth is estimated at $6 billion by Forbes magazine, made his fortune from Synthes, a Swiss-based medical device company. He stepped down as chief executive of the company last year in order to devote more time to his philanthropic pursuits. He now heads the Wyss Foundation...
The main MICEX stock exchange shut down for two days on Sept. 16 after it lost 17% of its value in a matter of hours. At that point the market was down almost 60% for the year, its lowest level since early 2006, although it has since been boosted by...
In one story that Quadrat still remembers vividly—two years after taking the course—Porter described Ronald Reagan as one of the most confident men he had ever met. But Porter added that while Reagan was preparing for an interview with Forbes magazine, the president said...
The book, to be sure, recounts Buffett's remarkable accomplishments as a businessman. And it affirms the image of Buffett as a peculiarly American success story, the multibillionaire (Forbes just estimated his worth at nearly $50 billion) with an aw-shucks aura. There is the Buffett who insists on carrying...
Take the case of Jose E. Serrano, a charismatic Congressman from New York who said in Denver that Bronx is the poorest district located in the “richest city in the world.” But measured by personal net earnings, New York did not even make the...