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This 1992 file photo shows hopeful President H. Ross Perot at a rally in Austin, Texas. James Fuller, who ran for president twice in 1992 and 1996, died after a five-month battle against leukemia. "In business and in life, Ross was a man of integrity and drive, a true American patriot and man of rare vision, principle and compassion, touching …

Billionaire Wang Zhenhua, who founded Future Land Development Holdings in 1996, was arrested earlier this week for allegedly abusing a minor in a hotel in Shanghai. Future Land, known in China under the name of its subsidiary Seazen Holdings, issued an open letter on Chinese Friday stating the behavior reported by the founder and his "great suffering" excused victims and …

"Today we lost a WV Superstar and I lost a very close friend," tweeted West Virginia Governor Jim Justice. "… Chris Cline built an empire and was there to give something on every occasion, what a wonderful, loving and giving man." According to the Brenton Southern Baptist Church, several other people were aboard the helicopter, including Cline's daughter. Cline was …

Chris Cline, billionaire West Virginia philanthropist, died Thursday, officials from West Virginia said. He was 60 years old. West Virginia Governor Jim Justice and US State Supreme Court Evan Jenkins both confirmed that Cline, the founder of Foresight Energy in St. Louis, one of the country's largest coal companies, had died Thursday , The Associated Press reported that Cline and …

SpaceX founder Elon Musk loves to talk about going into space. Co-star Sir Richard Branson plans to actually travel there. Next month. He will ride one of his own Virgin Galactic rocket ships. The Daily Beast reports that Branson's virgin space flight coincides with the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's moon landing. The American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin …

Billionaire to pay graduates' student debt Atlanta – A billionaire, technology investor and philanthropist, says his family grants grants to pay off all student debt in 2019 at Morehouse College. Robert F. Smith made the announcement on Sunday morning to nearly 400 senior graduates, evoking the biggest cheers of the morning. "My family will create a scholarship to eradicate your …

"When you need to service debt, decisions about what you can do in the world are limited," said Morehouse President David A. Thomas on Sunday. "(Smith's gift) gives them the freedom to follow their dreams and passions." Smith's gesture, which Thomas called a "liberation gift," will allow graduates to have more capital, for example, to start a business and support …

Not even Morehouse knew the announcement would come. Robert F. Smith, a man richer than Oprah Winfrey, addressed the class of the college in 2019 and made a grand gesture directly from the television book of the television mogul. [19659002] "My family will provide a scholarship to get rid of your student loans," he said on Sunday morning, bringing the …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos will present plans for moon missions on Thursday tailored to the US government's renewed push to create a lunar outpost within just five years. FILE PHOTO: Founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, speaking on April 5, 2017 about the New Shepard Rocket Amplifiers and Crew Capsule Model before the 33rd Space …

Everyone knows that the Kardashian-Jenner family is worth a lot of money, but some members are worth much more than the rest. Kylie Jenner has just crowned Forbes's […] billionaire's most recent self-made billionaire, and the Make-up mogul has gotten a lot of heat for it. Kris Jenner and Kylie Jenner | Vivien Killilea / Getty Images for SinfulColors Many …