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While You Weren’t Looking

How did prominent billionaires including Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos make billions since the start of the coronavirus shutdown? This video documents the earnings of prominent billionaires since March, the departure of major CEOs over the last year, and asks questions about the future. More from Really Graceful.

 

Russia’s Own Internet

Russia has announced it will build its own Internet portal. Presumably other nations will join that network, or follow suit with their own versions of the Internet, in a major blow to Google and Microsoft. In this edition of The Corbett Report, you can also learn about the billionaire who has been busted building bioweapons. Yes, it’s Peter Thiel! More from James Corbett.

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Billionaire Extravagance

It’s nice to be rich. Just ask some of the planet’s billionaires, who can lay out the cash in the most eccentric manner. Take Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, an avid automobile collector, who spent $48 million on his 38th addition to his garage–a diamond-encrusted Mercedes Benz. Among other jewels, the car is decorated with Swarovski crystals. The body, the tailpipe, the wheel rims, the logo and even the door handles are covered in diamonds. Top Trending features nine other “toys” purchases by the richest of the richest.

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China’s Rich and Famous

Communist China now has over a million millionaires. But what do China’s richest people do for fun? H/T Journeyman Pictures

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