Billionaire Greek Ship Owners Surface While Home Economy Sinks

“Greece’s shipping magnates control 23 percent of the world bulk carrier fleet, according to the report, even as their home country accounts for less than 0.4 percent of the world economy.  As social pressures mount, the privileged tax status of the shipping industry has come under increasing scrutiny as successive Greek governments look to boost revenue. The industry pays no tax on international earnings brought into the country under rules incorporated in Greece’s constitution in 1967.  With limited demand from their domestic market, Greek ship owners have long looked beyond home shores for business.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-09/billionaire-greek-shippers-surface-on-tax-exempt-overseas-profit

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Hong Kong Billionaire Brothers Give $350 Million To Harvard University

“Hong Kong real estate moguls Ronnie and Gerald Chan have pledged a $350 million gift to Harvard University through their charitable foundation, according to a report in the Harvard Crimson.  The gift is the largest in the institution’s history. The university will rename Harvard’s public health school in honor of the brothers’ father. FORBES currently estimates the duo, who run one of China’s commercial real estate giants, Hang Lung Group , to be worth a combined $3.2 billion.  That places them among some of Hong Kong’s wealthiest billionaires. The bulk of their fortune stems main from  shares in publicly-traded Hang Lung, which was founded by their father in the 1960s.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2014/09/08/hong-kong-billionaire-brothers-to-give-350-million-to-harvard-university/

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The Billionaires Club Is Gloomy About the Stock Market

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“Some of the US’s top investment minds are certainly expecting that SOMETHING will happen to stocks in autumn. China may or may not be the proximate trigger but there is a growing billionaire’s club with bearish sentiments. Our argument regarding this cooked-up ‘Wall Street Party’ has always been that those behind it want it to run several years longer. The idea may be that when it DOES reset, the damage will be so extensive that there will be no alternative but to further internationalize the system, which has surely been the goal all along. But there is no denying the possibility of a crash this year … this autumn. The larger question is, what kind of crash?”

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/35623/The-Billionaires-Club-Is-Gloomy-About-the-Stock-Market/

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Inside Hermès: Luxury’s Secret Empire

“Last year the company set a record, reporting an operating profit of $1.69 billion with $5 billion in sales–the fastest-growing company in its industry over the past six years, fueled by a sort of branding and marketing craftsmanship as exacting as the stitching on one of its iconic Birkin bags.  The payoff for this softer kind of innovation is enough to make a social media startup founder blush. In examining Hermès’ ownership structure, FORBES estimates that at least five family members now belong on our global billionaires list. And the collective fortune for Dumas’ family now tops $25 billion–more than the Rockefellers, the Mellons and the Fords. Combined.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/08/20/inside-hermes-luxury-secret-empire/

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