While New York has entered the collective imagination as the city where everything is possible, its pricey living and housing costs are everything but romantic. A two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan(not even in the Billionaire’s Row) averages nearly $5,000 per month. Living in th...
Courtney VerrillAmanda McKelvey
Discount department store Century 21 was primarily located in the New York City area, though there were a handful of locations in other Eastern Seaboard locales. In 2020, thanks to diminished foot traffic brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and poor e-commerce sales, the beloved chain filed...
selling millions of albums throughout his career; however, it's his entrepreneurial pursuits that make up the bulk of his fortune. Dre founded Death Row Records and Aftermath Entertainment, but his most lucrative venture was his headphone company Beats By Dre. In 2014, he sold the company to...
The world's richest man, Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim, retained his crown for the second year in a row and made more money than any of the other 1,209 billionaires in 2010: $20.5 billion, taking his total fortune to a mighty $74 billion. ...
For the ninth year in a row, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria is the richest person in Africa, worth an estimated $10.1 billion, down from $10.3 billion a year ago amid a slightly lower stock price for his Dangote Cement, his largest holding. The much-heralded oil refinery that Dangote is buildi...