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“He Doesn’t Want Anything to Do With Me”: Woman Says DNA Test Revealed Her Biological Father Is a Billionaire

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July 12, 2026

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“He Doesn’t Want Anything to Do With Me”: Woman Says DNA Test Revealed Her Biological Father Is a Billionaire

A woman’s post on r/GirlDinnerDiaries is drawing attention after she revealed that the man she believed was her father throughout her life was not her biological dad. The discovery became even more surprising when she learned her biological father was extremely wealthy. She shared the unexpected story in a post on the subreddit. “Found out Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post “He Doesn’t Want Anything to Do With Me”: Woman Says DNA Test Revealed Her Biological Father Is a Billionaire appeared first on The Daily Dot.

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Bloomberg

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· Jul 11, 2026

The World’s First Trillionaire and the Company He Won’t Let Go

Elon Musk made history last month.

Metro

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· Jul 6, 2026

Who is 32-year-old millionaire fraudster who bankrolls Farage and calls him ‘daddy’?

Cottrell reportedly sees Nigel Farage as a 'father figure'.

Financial Times

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· Jul 9, 2026

Who wants to tax a billionaire?

A gentle guide to a harsh debate

Common Dreams

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· Jun 27, 2026

Newsom Claims to Support National Tax on Billionaires While Opposing It in CA

“Newsom does not want to tax billionaires,” said the Billionaire Tax Now campaign, “but he wants you to think he does.”

Business Today

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· Jul 5, 2026

Billionaire's reading list: Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath rates 5 books guiding his life & strategy

For a billionaire deeply rooted in the numbers-driven world of stockbroking, the revelation that human ambition is largely an unconscious attempt to escape mortality shifted his entire perspective.

TechCrunch

Unknown

· Jun 24, 2026

Elon suffers another day short of trillionaire status

Right now he's merely a several-hundred-billionaire, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.

BERNAMA

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· Jul 2, 2026

World : Musk To Remain World's Only Dollar Trillionaire For Long Time - US Expert

WASHINGTON, July 2 (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti) -- The world is unlikely to see new dollar trillionaires any time soon after SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk became the first to cross the US1 trillion personal net worth threshold, Jay Ritter, professor of finance at the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business, told RIA Novosti.

Entrepreneur.com

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· Jul 6, 2026

At Age 25, She’s Turning the ‘Approachable’ Business That Started in Her Apartment Into Over $200K a Year: ‘Something People Genuinely Wanted’

Nicole Schlesinger spent every spare hour building her brand.

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· Jun 28, 2026

Wealth Wise: A Multimillionaire Wants to Marry Again. How Can She Protect Her Money?

Wealth Wise: A Multimillionaire Wants to Marry Again. How Can She Protect Her Money?

Kathimerini

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· Jul 3, 2026

USAID cuts killed people. That’s the truth

Elon Musk is newly minted as humanity’s first trillionaire, but the world’s richest man seems grumpy. And he definitely is not a fan of mine.

Capital Research Center

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· Jul 8, 2026

Enemies of Energy: Fred Taylor / Sequoia Climate Foundation

One of America's biggest anti-energy donors is a billionaire virtually nobody has ever heard of. And he seems to like it that way.

Fortune

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· Jul 3, 2026

Inside the mind of Kevin Warsh: As told by his former boss Condoleezza Rice, his college friend, and his closest partner during the financial crisis

Kevin's one of those people who demands more of himself than others could ever, Condoleezza Rice exclusively tells Fortune.

Times of India

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· Jul 6, 2026

Philanthropy quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: "It's important to acknowledge that giving away money your family will never…"

Philanthropy quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: "It's important to acknowledge that giving away money your family will never…"

Us Weekly

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· Jul 12, 2026

Priscilla Presley's Son Navarone Defends GoFundMe for Personal Pizza Business

Priscilla Presley’s son, Navarone Garibaldi Garcia, is speaking out in defense of his recent GoFundMe to raise money for a personal pizza business. “Haters gonna hate and I’m sure I’ll have to explain this many more times to ignorant people who think I should ‘ask my mom’ or that I have money..” Garcia, 39, wrote []

Townhall

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· Jun 28, 2026

Jeff Bezos' Ex Wife Just Proved Wealth Confiscation Doesn't Work

Jeff Bezos' Ex Wife Just Proved Wealth Confiscation Doesn't Work

CNET

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· Jul 3, 2026

SpaceX, Explained: 8 Things That Matter the Most After the IPO

Some days, Elon Musk is worth 1 trillion. Other days, he's merely an absurdly wealthy billionaire.

Vanguard News

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· Jul 6, 2026

You’ll never catch me denying I’m a ‘nepo baby’ — Temi Otedola

You can never catch me, on camera or off camera, saying I'm not a nepo baby. I find it crazy when people don't admit to the advantage. It would be so unfair to say that, she said. The post You’ll never catch me denying I’m a ‘nepo baby’ — Temi Otedola appeared first on Vanguard News.

Daily Mail

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· Jul 12, 2026

Magician Penn Jillette: I'm 6ft 7in and drive an electric Fiat 500 - I'm so frugal I steal power from the casino to charge it

Magician Penn Jillette: I'm 6ft 7in and drive an electric Fiat 500 - I'm so frugal I steal power from the casino to charge it

The Economic Times

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· Jul 3, 2026

Money lesson from millionaire who once had big debt

Money lesson from millionaire who once had big debt

Proto Thema - English

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· Jun 24, 2026

Cardi B mocked over ‘I’m broke’ comment in viral video showing off Chanel bag collection

The rapper’s TikTok video, which has passed 10 million views, drew criticism after she joked that she had no money while presenting luxury Chanel items reportedly worth over 50,000 The post Cardi B mocked over ‘I’m broke’ comment in viral video showing off Chanel bag collection appeared first on ProtoThema English.

The Week

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· Jun 22, 2026

Elon Musk: Does he deserve a trillion dollars?

He’s now the richest man in history

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· Jul 7, 2026

Do You Know What It Takes to Be a Millionaire? Test Your Knowledge

Do You Know What It Takes to Be a Millionaire? Test Your Knowledge

Powerline

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· Jul 5, 2026

On the Left, Dogma Beats Reality

I wrote here about Zohran Mamdani’s hate-filled, anti-American July 4 rant. It was filled with poisonous distortions of American history, and Mamdani denounced “oligarchs”–an oligarch is any rich person who is not on the Left, and whose money liberals would therefore like to steal–and attacked Elon Musk as the world’s first trillionaire. (Relax, Zohran–Elon isn’t a trillionaire any more, as SpaceX shares have slid off their opening highs.) But I

ArcaMax

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· Jun 24, 2026

Commentary: Elon Musk is a trillionaire -- but the oligarchs of Congress wield more power

CEO Elon Musk is the world’s first trillionaire thanks to the initial public offering for his company SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer. Pundits have been debating whether anyone should own so much wealth. His defenders point to his successful ...

Kotaku

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· Jul 6, 2026

Billionaires And Corporations Are Not Your Friends

You do not need to carry water for Xbox, PlayStation, or Taylor Swift

The Wall Street Journal - Business

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· Jul 10, 2026

Does the American Dream Come Down to Luck or Skill? Vinod Khosla Weighs In

The billionaire venture capitalist plays a game of luck vs. skill in The WSJ Money Interview.

Slate Magazine

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· Jul 5, 2026

A Brutally Honest Assessment of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Most Bizarre Wedding Choices

I’m a frivolous person who writes about celebrities for a living, but even I couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing.

Institute for Policy Studies

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· Jun 24, 2026

PODCAST: The Giving Pledge Is Failing, and the Numbers Prove It

If the billionaires who promised to give half their money away are doing this poorly at it, that tells us everything that we need to know, Bella DeVaan tells Vox's Today, Explained. The post PODCAST: The Giving Pledge Is Failing, and the Numbers Prove It appeared first on Institute for Policy Studies.

Libertarian Institute

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· Jul 7, 2026

Billionaire Welfare Queens and Their Sycophants

We’ve all seen the memes: “You do not earn a billion dollars. You steal it. Nobody works a billion times harder than a nurse, a teacher or a farmer. That wealth comes from underpaying the people who actually did the work.” The other end of the spectrum is the slogan: “None of your problems are []

Daily Dot

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· Jun 22, 2026

‘This Makes Me the Richest Man in the World’: Conservative HostBenny Johnson’s Father’s Day Post Divides X Over Wealth and Authenticity

He said his children make him the richest man in the world, but not every commenter bought the premise. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post ‘This Makes Me the Richest Man in the World’: Conservative HostBenny Johnson’s Father’s Day Post Divides X Over Wealth and Authenticity appeared first on The Daily Dot.

Twitchy

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· Jun 27, 2026

Gavin Newsom Assures Us He’ll Be Taxing Trillionaires After Being Trolled by Elon Musk

Gavin Newsom Assures Us He’ll Be Taxing Trillionaires After Being Trolled by Elon Musk

Mises Institute

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· Jul 3, 2026

The Moniker Millionaire, Billionaire, and Trillionaire are just a Reflection of Inflation

The Moniker Millionaire, Billionaire, and Trillionaire are just a Reflection of Inflation

RedState

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· Jun 21, 2026

THE ESSEX FILES: Ro Khanna Wants a Wealth Tax - Grover Norquist Says, 'You First!'

THE ESSEX FILES: Ro Khanna Wants a Wealth Tax - Grover Norquist Says, 'You First!'

The Daily Signal

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· Jul 3, 2026

MSCI’s SpaceX Rating Discredits the ESG Cartel

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, recently became the first trillionaire in history when SpaceX—the rocket company he founded—debuted in a record-breaking IPO. Though market volatility has since pushed his net worth below the trillion-dollar mark in some trading sessions, the milestone endures, as does SpaceX’s groundbreaking innovation in reusable spaceflight and its expanding work...

The West Australian

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· Jun 26, 2026

Winning $40m Powerball ticket sold at Westfield Woden store

Someone in Canberra is 40 million richer and may not know it, as The Lott is desperately waiting for them to check their ticket.

DNyuz

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· Jun 23, 2026

Elon Musk has broken the rich list

Elon Musk’s net worth exceeds 1 trillion. Matt Rourke/AP Elon Musk is too rich for the rich list. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, worth 1.1 trillion, is wealthier than the next four richest people combined. Musk lost more than Warren Buffett’s entire net worth on Monday. Elon Musk is now so wealthy that he’s making []

The Next Web

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· Jul 9, 2026

Musk says he always wanted SpaceX staff to get rich, and thousands just did

Elon Musk says SpaceX’s blockbuster listing has probably made thousands of his employees millionaires. Asked on The Sean Hannity Show about a former welder whose stock topped 1m, he said the story was far from unique. “It’s not just one welder, it’s several thousand people who were working on the production line,” Musk said, adding [] This story continues at The Next Web

Wired

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· Jul 7, 2026

Pete Holmes Is Not Reading Your Email

“You can make a living, you can have a life, and leave 55,000 emails unread with a big fuck off.”

CityNews Montreal

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· Jul 2, 2026

‘We couldn’t believe it at first’: Montérégie couple win $40M Lotto Max jackpot

A couple from Montérégie are newly minted multi-millionaires after winning a 40 million Lotto Max draw last week. Joseph Gosselin-Rompré and Mylène Bourgeois got the news of their fortune after returning from a fishing trip. “We couldn’t believe it at first,” he said, recalling the moment he saw the winning amount on his phone screen. [] The post ‘We couldn’t believe it at first’: Montérégie couple win 40M Lotto Max jackpot appeared first on CityNews Montreal.

Workers World

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· Jun 23, 2026

More than a billionaire — a trillionaire!

The saying “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” is not just a cliché. It’s the truth. Take the case of the rotten, fascist, white supremacist known as Elon Musk. Before the Initial Public Offering of SpaceX stock he was “just” a multibillionaire. The sale of stock at . . . Continue reading More than a billionaire — a trillionaire! at Workers.org

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