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Tech oligarchs reshape humanity while billionaires of old seem quaint

From Gates to Musk and Altman, today’s ultra-rich steer AI and tech, raising questions about who decides the future

The Guardian - US

Top 10 richest people in the world 2026: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and other tech titans leading global wealth

Global wealth has reached a new milestone. The Hurun Global Rich List 2026 reports that the number of billionaires worldwide has crossed 4,000 for the first time. A total of 4,020 individuals now hold billionaire status, which means 578 more people joined the ranks in just one year. It sounds…

The Times of India

Bernie Sanders’ billionaire tax would soak about 900 people to fund $3,000 checks for the middle class

The proposed bill would cut the average billionaire’s fortune in half over 15 years.

Fortune

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MacKenzie Scott donates $26 billion in seven years, surpassing Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in lifetime giving

MacKenzie Scott donated $26 billion over the past seven years, including a record $7.2 billion in 2025, a pace of giving that makes her the third-largest philanthropist of all time by total lifetime donations, according to Forbes.

The Times of India

California’s billionaires pour cash into elections as big tech seeks new allies

As Gavin Newsom departs, ultra-wealthy flex wealth and influence to fight regulation and keep the boom going

The Guardian - US

Google Gemini boss describes working with founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to win the AI future

Demis Hassabis told Fortune it’s a return to the “shipping culture” from “the golden era of Google.”

Fortune

‘The smart, the rich, the powerful’: Epstein associated with Silicon Valley elite years after his release from prison

Billionaires and intellectuals attended events with the disgraced financier years after he served time for sex offense, files reveal

The Guardian - US

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Billionaire Peter Thiel Offers $3M to Lobbying Group to Fight Against the California Wealth Tax

Billionaire Peter Thiel donated $3 million to a group opposing California's proposed wealth tax, which is expected to generate $100 billion for the state's healthcare, schools, and food programs.

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk’s stubborn spin on Grok’s sexualized images controversy

Musk attempts to recast AI tool’s misuse. Plus, tech billionaires plot against a proposed California tax on their fortunes

The Guardian - US

California's wealth tax doesn't fix the real problem: Cash-poor billionaires who borrow money, tax-free, to live on

Billionaires live under "buy, borrow, die," and California's wealth tax wouldn't touch that. An estimated $1 trillion of wealth has already fled.

Fortune

‘Sickening and greedy’: California millionaire slams Larry Page and Sergey Brin for cutting ties with the state to avoid wealth tax

As billionaires flee the state to avoid the proposed wealth tax, other high earners support the one-time tax.

Fortune

California Billionaires Are Leaving the State in Response to Proposed Wealth Tax

The wealth tax would discourage investment and likely lower tax revenue for California.

Reason

Gavin Newsom comes out swinging against California billionaire tax

Ballot initiative, opposed by the ultra-wealthy, would levy one-time 5% tax on individuals worth more than $1bn

The Guardian - US

Peter Thiel makes $3m donation to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax

Ballot proposes one-time, 5% tax on anyone in state worth more than $1bn and grant a five-year period for payment

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Reason

A Breakable Regime

Plus: Wealth tax barely understood by its proponents, Jerome Powell investigated, why sobriety sucks, and more...

Fortune

Google billionaire Larry Page copies the Jeff Bezos playbook, buying a $173 million Miami compound that will save him millions in taxes

Critics warned a wealth tax in California would lead to a billionaire exodus. Florida says come on in, the water's warm.

The Guardian - US

Tech titans divided over whether to pay billionaire tax or flee California

State residents worth more than $1bn could face one-off, 5% tax to help fund education, food assistance and healthcare

Fortune

Jensen Huang might be fine with a billionaires tax, but Google cofounder Larry Page is already dumping California

Page converted several of his assets out of California before the end of 2025, according to state filings.

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The Guardian - US

Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025

Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page

International Business Times

Silicon Valley Founders Warn They May Flee If California Billionaire Tax Passes

Silicon Valley billionaires warn a proposed California wealth tax could drive founders and jobs out of the state.

International Business Times UK

Tech Billionaires Warn of California Exodus as 5% Wealth Tax Sparks Panic

Tech billionaires threaten to flee California as a proposed 5% wealth tax sparks panic among Silicon Valley founders.

Fortune

Peter Thiel and Larry Page are preparing to flee California in case the state passes a billionaire wealth tax, report says

The proposal calls for California residents worth more than $1 billion to pay a one-time tax equivalent to 5% of their assets.

The Guardian - UK

AI boom adds more than half a trillion dollars to wealth of US tech barons in 2025

Elon Musk’s net worth increased by nearly 50% to $645bn with founders of Google and Amazon also seeing huge wealth gains

Fortune

In 2000 Larry Page said Google was ‘nowhere near’ the ultimate search engine—25 years later, Gemini might be close

“We’re nowhere near doing that now,” said Page at the time.

Fortune

Elon Musk's wealth has soared past $600 billion—he's now worth double the next richest person alive, Google's cofounder Larry Page

The SpaceX CEO just woke up $168 billion richer and set the bar for the first person estimated to be worth more than $600 billion.

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