The Billionaire Life

A magazine about Billionaires in Relation to Wealth-Creation, Leadership, Synchronicity, and Miracles - A production of SynchroMind.com and TheBillionaireLife.com

By Dave Asomaning, Ph.D.

Dave Asomaning, Ph.D.
Mindfulness
Neuroscientist: Mindfulness ‘is kind of a superpower’ and can help you have ‘a brilliant career’
Ladders - Sofia Pitt, Grow
Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff all have something in common besides being successful billionaires. They all practice …
October 29
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Melinda Gates
Bill Gates' quiet summer interrupted by scandals including Epstein tie - Business Insider
Business Insider - Mary Meisenzahl
In some respects, this was a typical summer for Bill Gates. He published his annual summer reading list, visited Dairy Queen with his friend and colleague Warren Buffett, and continued tweeting about health
September 20
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Culture
'Inside Bill's Brain' Calls BS on Malcolm Gladwell's 'Outliers' Theory
WIRED - Steven Levy
If there was ever an outlier, it was Bill Gates. Netflix has just released a three-part documentary called Inside Bill's Brain that, as the title …
September 20
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Ex-billionaire Raj Rajaratnam spotted leaving $17.5M pad after prison
New York Post - By Kevin Dugan and Richard Harbus
Eight years after his $70 million insider trading trial shook Wall Street, former Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam is back in town — and trying …
September 13
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Billionaire Investor Ken Griffin Reportedly Buys $99M Palm Beach Estate
Realtor.com - Claudine Zap
If the rumors are true, the billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin has purchased yet another pile in Palm Beach, FL, to add to his super-luxe real …
September 12
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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn to leave New York for Florida
CNBC
Icahn is the latest in a string of financial executives, including billionaire hedge fund managers Paul Tudor Jones and David Tepper, who are …
September 13
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Money
Why one billionaire is calling out Silicon Valley’s favorite philanthropic loophole
Recode
One of the country’s most intriguing billionaire philanthropists is sounding the alarm about a highly controversial tax loophole that has advantaged his class of donors over the last decade. Donor-advised
July 25
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Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein Had A ‘Strong Hold’ Over Billionaire Behind Victoria’s Secret To Get Money And Women
The Inquisitr - Andrea Macdonald
Epstein reportedly tried to pass himself off as a model scout in order to coerce women into sexual acts. It’s beginning to look like Victoria’s Secret …
July 26
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Bill Gates doesn’t recommend his method of getting ahead: “Most people wouldn’t enjoy it”
Ladders - Sheila McClear
Sometimes when you’re in the early stages of a giant project, you’re got to burn it – working long, hard hours, with little time for anything …
June 27
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Marc Benioff
Marc Benioff explains why rich people should pay more taxes - Business Insider
Business Insider - Julie Bort
On Wednesday evening, just as people were settling in to watch the first Democratic debate, Marc Benioff, the billionaire co-CEO of Salesforce, tweeted: Well get an economy that works for everyone when
June 27
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Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner slammed for 'tacky' billboard birthday tribute to Travis Scott
mirror.co.uk - Mirror .co.uk
Kylie Jenner may have asked herself what to get the love of her life on his birthday - and it seems she set her heart on dedicating a billboard to …
April 27
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Bernie Sanders
Did Bernie Sanders burn us?
timesofisrael.com - Akiva ben Avraham
For years, Bernie Sanders had been fulminating against the millionaires and billionaires rigging society, elections, Washington and the rest of …
April 28
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In Billionaires Is the Preservation of the World
The New Yorker - Ian Frazier
Billionaires are all around us, but do we ever stop and notice them? We pass through their habitats and provide them the tax nourishment that biologists say is necessary for their survival. But simply
April 29
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Meet Matt Calkins: Billionaire, Board Game God And Tech's Hidden Disruptor
Forbes - Alex Konrad
“I feel like I should apologize,” Matt Calkins tells his opponent as they shake hands. It’s mid-evening in the log-lined cafeteria at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort, and Calkins, from a trailing position,
April 29
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The Salem Billionaire Trials of 2019
fee.org - Jen Maffessanti
Could it be possible that we didn’t invent witch-hunts because we hate witches, but we invented witches because we love witch-hunts?
February 15
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U.S. Politics
Bill and Melinda Gates and the problem of the “good billionaire”
Vox - Dylan Matthews
The Gateses, who released their foundation’s annual letter this week, are not cartoonishly out-of-touch like Stephen Schwarzman, the private equity billionaire who gave Yale $150 million for a performing
February 16
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Bill Gates has an idea on how to tax those with 'big fortunes'
smh.com.au - Ros Krasny
Freshman Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York has suggested "tax rates as high as 60 or 70 per cent" on "the tippy tops – …
February 17
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Bill Gates: The Best Investment I’ve Ever Made
The Wall Street Journal. - Bill Gates
Global health groups that buy and distribute medicines are a sure bet for saving lives, but their government funding is now in danger, and even the biggest philanthropies can’t fill the gap Technology
October 11
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Warren Buffett Says Doing 1 Thing Separates Successful People From Everyone Else (and It Stunned Bill Gates)
Inc Magazine - Jeff Haden
Warren Buffett says the key is to free up more of the one thing that even billionaires can't buy. Warren Buffett, when asked to describe what sets successful people apart, once said, "The difference between
January 15
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Did feud with Donald Trump force Jeff Bezos to announce divorce ahead of affair expose?
The Telegraph - By Rozina Sabur
Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder, was forced to announce his divorce ahead of a tell-all story about his eight-month affair with a former TV presenter, it was reported on Thursday. The National Enquirer
January 11
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MacKenzie Bezos
Jeff Bezos' divorce could soon make MacKenzie Bezos one of Amazon's biggest shareholders - Business Insider
Business Insider - Troy Wolverton
Jeff Bezos may soon have someone familiar looking over his shoulder when it comes to running Amazon and having a substantial say about it: his soon-to-be ex-wife. Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos announced Wednesday
January 13
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie to divorce
TODAY - TODAY.com
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the world’s wealthiest man worth a staggering $137 billion, announced that he and his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie, are seeking a divorce. How will the massive fortune be divided?
January 10
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J.K. Rowling Says 1 Decision Separates People Who Achieve Success From Those Who Only Dream
Inc Magazine - Jeff Haden
According to 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling, it's a simple decision that makes all the difference. Before she "became" J.K. Rowling, Joanne Rowling was an unemployed single mother. She applied for
Dec 26, 2018
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Jeff Bezos's Morning Routine Is the Opposite of Most Productivity Advice. Maybe Yours Should Be Too
Inc Magazine - Jessica Stillman
Bezos is definitely not among the billionaires claiming a heroic morning productivity ritual. Elon Musk seems to get most of his sleep under his desk. Richard Branson recommends getting up at 5 a.m. Apple's
Oct 22, 2018
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Paul Allen net worth: How rich was he at time of his death?
monstersandcritics.com - Mary Jane
Paul Allen, one of the founders of Microsoft, has passed away. According to CNBC, Allen was one of the wealthiest people in the world at the time of …
Oct 16, 2018
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Roman Abramovich
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's cars, houses, and superyachts - Business Insider
Business Insider - Katie Warren
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, owner of the English Premier League's Chelsea FC, is known for his mind-boggling collection of superyachts, luxury cars, private planes, and lavish homes around the
Nov 4, 2018
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Salesforce CEO: tech billionaires 'hoard their money' and won't help homeless
The Guardian - Sam Levin in San Francisco
In Guardian interview, Marc Benioff calls out Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and others for failing to give back to city where they got rich Marc Benioff, the Salesforce CEO, has escalated his attacks on fellow
Oct 17, 2018
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Billionaire Abramovich Faces $1.4 M Cap d'Antibes Tax Bill
Bloomberg
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has been presented with a $1.4 million tax assessment on his property on the Cap d'Antibes peninsula in the …
Oct 9, 2018
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-10/saudi-prince-alwaleed-s-net-worth-tumbles-58-to-six-year-low
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Oct 10, 2018