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The world’s fifth-largest technology company by revenue Alphabet has recently appointed a new CEO. One of the world’s most valuable companies welcomed Google CEO Sundar Pichai. As we reported earlier, Pichai replaced Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Alphabet founders who decided to step down. Soon after promotion, Pichai got a new surprise: the Alphabet board announced awarding Pichai a hefty raise in salary. Now, Sundar’s earnings will make up $2 million per year starting from January, 1....

The Warren Buffett‘s wealth tip directed at young people is now public information. Buffett is currently the fourth wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of about $85 billion. The investor and philanthropist who is also the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is one of the most sought after personalities in the world, as people are always looking to get some knowledge and insight from him. One person, Michael Hood, was able to do just that.Hood is the co-founder of...

Bill Gates, one of the world’s most popular people and Microsoft co-founder, has something in common with the company’s CEO Satya Nadella. Can you guess what it is (if not to take the company that unites them)? It has appeared that they both like books.Bll Gates is known to be one of the world’s richest man especially. Though now this status belongs to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Gates had managed to take over Jeff Bezos some weeks earlier. But his popularity isn’t all about his money. If it...

In the modern world with an incredibly high level of technological development more and more people use tech benefits in building their careers. Instead of daily commuting to and from work, they choose to freelance. Some are quite skeptical about such a way of earning money and believe that freelancing is more about something you do when you can not get a real job. However, they are wrong, and we are going to prove it.Freelancing is a fast and affordable way to start earning an income from...

Bitcoin has made many people very rich since it went live and now boasts of more than a few thousand percent in returns on investment (ROI). The crypto’s prospects have attracted some of the world’s richest people, with many of them holding various amounts of BTC. The latest billionaire to join the trend is popular philanthropist Bill Pulte.In a recent tweet posted on Thursday, Pulte announced to his more than one million followers that he bought 11 BTC which cost somewhere around $77,000....

Bill Gates is known as the co-founder of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world. But he doesn’t have a reputation of the genius/billionaire who reads a lot of fiction (though he admits that loves reading). The book that has greatly impressed him is called “The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion, and Bill absolutely loves it. He says that it has it all – it makes readers laugh, cry, think, and the main character is so vivid that, in Gates’s thoughts, anyone can relate to. He...

The most lucrative stocks in the market today seem to lock out the less-wealthy investors. For instance, one share of Amazon stock costs over $1,700 and that of Google is over $1,300. However, a solution came up in the form of fractional stock-trading.To continue its quest to democratize the world of stock trading, Robinhood has announced that it is launching fractional share trading this week. If anyone has $1 to spare, they have no excuse for not investing.The new strategy enables users to...

On Tuesday, the Mega Millions jackpot sadly didn’t see any winners. At least a few million hopefuls were definitely disappointed that they didn’t get to take the top shot of the lottery. The good news here is that all of these people will have another shot at riches by Friday night. Piling on the good news is that the jackpot has now been increased to $340 million, easily making it the 14th largest prize in the history of the lottery after the name was changed to Mega Millions from The Big...

While many individuals of high net worth aren’t inclined to share their opinions on strategically important issues that involve being successful in business, Sheila Johnson who coincidentally has been said to be the first black woman to achieve billionaire status has done just that. For the record, Sheila Johnson is the founder and CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts, the co-founder of the famous Black American Cultural Channel BET, the Vice-Chairman of Monumental Sports and Entertainment...

While it may sound like a story out of the movies or motivational books that many people read today, the story of Bom Kim who is the founder of Coupang, a $9 billion electronic commerce company has been inspiring through an through. Coupang has been described by many to be South Korea’s “Amazon”, an appellation that hasn’t been accorded to any other company; at least not yet. Coupang has been one of those companies that have had a history of disruption and reinvention which has helped make it...