When Mark Cuban was in his 20s, his goal was to retire at age 35. These days, the 66-year-old billionaire entrepreneur and investor says he has no imminent plans to stop working. “I’m just getting started,” Cuban tells CNBC Make It. “There’s no retirement in my book. I’ll go until I drop.” Some of Cuban’s recent … Read more
Timothy Armoo sold his influencer marketing firm Fanbytes in 2022. Tim Armoo. Timothy Armoo became a multi-millionaire after selling his influencer marketing firm for an eight-figure sum when he was 27 years old, but he says that being extraordinary is no easy feat. Armoo, the co-founder and former CEO of Fanbytes, grew up in a … Read more
Berkshire Hathaway’s Vice Chairman Ajit Jain has sold more than half of his stake in the company, garnering $139 million, according to a Bloomberg report. According to the SEC filing, Jain, who is one of Warren Buffett’s top lieutenants, sold 200 of his class A common stocks at an average of $695,418 per share, just … Read more
Ajit Jain at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Los Angeles, California. May 1, 2021. Gerard Miller | CNBC Ajit Jain, Warren’s Buffett’s insurance chief and top executive, sold more than half of his stake in Berkshire Hathaway, a new regulatory filing showed. The 73-year-old vice chairman of insurance operations dumped 200 shares of Berkshire Class … Read more
Take a look at bitcoin’s price chart, and it’s easy to see the appeal for investors. The largest and most widely traded cryptocurrency is up 118% over the past 12 months, and returns have been astronomical since the coin’s creation in 2009. Nevertheless, much of the old guard of investing and personal finance want nothing … Read more
For Bill Gates, the thought of working less than full-time “sounds awful.” Gates, 68, says he hopes to follow in the footsteps of longtime friend Warren Buffett, who serves as chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at age 94 and has no imminent plans to retire. “My friend Warren Buffett still comes into the office … Read more
Kiril Sokoloff, chairman and founder of 13D Research & Strategy, is known for his big predictions in the global landscape over the past four decades including the rise of China and the technology boom in the 1990s. The investment strategist spoke about a range of topics including India, China and the US, among others, in … Read more
Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC Warren Buffett turned 94 on Friday and his sprawling, one-of-a-kind conglomerate has never been worth more than it is today. Berkshire Hathaway became the first nontechnology company to top a … Read more
Warren Buffett tours the grounds at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha Nebraska. David A. Grogan | CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reached a $1 trillion market capitalization on Wednesday, the first nontechnology company in the U.S. to score the coveted milestone. Shares of the Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate have rallied more than 28% … Read more
On Aug. 5, we awoke to a market upside-down. Japanese stocks, so strong this year, had crashed, literally crashed, down 12%, a hideous decline, worst since 1987. Oddly, there was nothing wrong. The yen had strengthened, forcing investors who had borrowed yen to buy our stocks and others around the world to put up more … Read more
