A Bunch of Billionaires Are at ‘Summer Camp’ in Sun Valley, Idaho. Here Are the Business and Tech Leaders Attending.
11 Jul
Business News

A Bunch of Billionaires Are at ‘Summer Camp’ in Sun Valley, Idaho. Here Are the Business and Tech Leaders Attending.

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Business The billionaires are back together, this time in Sun Valley, Idaho, for the annual Allen & Co. conference of tech and media executives. The week-long event brings some of the most powerful figures in business to the Sun Valley Resort. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Snchez Bezos, who just held another billionaire gathering for their multi-day wedding event in Venice, Italy, have been spotted at the invite-only event this year. Other attendees include Ivanka Trump, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Spanx founder Sara Blakely, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (whose $410 sunglasses have been a major topic of conversation). Related: Billionaire Traveling the East Coast With Two Megayachts, But One Just Carries the Toys Business Insider notes that sunglasses are a hot accessory at the conference this year, with...
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Seven billionaires created by India’s IPO boom in 2024
09 Jan
Business News

Seven billionaires created by India’s IPO boom in 2024

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Seven billionaires created by India’s IPO boom in 2024A blockbuster year for initial public offerings in India catapulted seven entrepreneurs into the dollar billionaires league, many of them early movers in the country’s booming renewable energy sector.Chiranjeev Singh Saluja of Premier Energies is among those who successfully rode the wave.“My father was in the business of supplying hand pumps to rural villages,” the 51-year-old said in an interview. “He saw that access to electricity was sparse in those areas, so he started Premier Solar in 1995,” Saluja said.Three decades on, the company rechristened Premier Energies is the country’s second largest integrated solar module and solar cell manufacturer behind the Adani Group. Investors bullish on the government’s investments in solar energy have bid up Premier shares nearly threefold since their debut in September, valuing it...
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Summer camp for billionaires, fake Louis Vuitton bags, and expensive dresses: Lifestyle news roundup
14 Jul
Lifestyle

Summer camp for billionaires, fake Louis Vuitton bags, and expensive dresses: Lifestyle news roundup

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Lifestyle Image: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images (Getty Images), Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (Getty Images), THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images (Getty Images), SOPA Images (Getty Images), Cindy Ord/MG22/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue (Getty Images), Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (Getty Images), Prodip Guha/Getty Images (Getty Images), Photo: Aaron M. Sprecher (AP), Gary Hershorn (Getty Images)Image: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images (Getty Images)Image: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (Getty Images)The small Idaho town of Sun Valley normally has a population of just 1,783 – but this week that figure is expected to swell to include hundreds of more people and at least 165 private jets. Read MoreImage: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images (Getty Images)As France ramped up its preparations for the 2024 Summer Olympics, law enforcement officials cracked down on the sale of counterfeit luxury goods.Police officers raided one popular...
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