Dueling San Francisco measures on Top Executive Pay Tax changes continue to trail
In San Francisco, two competing measures that seek to change the Top Executive Pay Tax continue to trail after Friday's returns.
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In San Francisco, two competing measures that seek to change the Top Executive Pay Tax continue to trail after Friday's returns.
The measure would impose a one-time, 5% tax on the state's roughly 200 billionaires to fund public programs.
The U.S. has a record 813 billionaires — the most of any country.
Shareholders are increasingly airing their grievances about Musk's focus on Twitter and his decision to sell billions in Tesla stock.
President Biden intends to propose a minimum tax of 20% on households worth more than $100 million and cut projected budget deficits by more than $1 trillion over the next decade.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has become a billionaire as he nears a decade at the helm of the world's most valuable company.
A billionaire technology investor with a Bay Area firm stunned the entire graduating class at Morehouse College when he announced at their commencement Sunday that he would pay off their student loans, estimated at up to $40 million.
California billionaire Tom Steyer endorsed state Sen. Kevin de Leon on Wednesday in his uphill challenge to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Tech billionaire Vinod Khosla's right to bar the public from Martins Beach is being challenged legally, and politically.
A Los Angeles-area billionaire donated $5 million to the San Jose Flood Victims Relief Fund, increasing the victim-focused fund six-fold.
A San Francisco billionaire is taking much of the credit for registering more than a million new voters this year, most of them in California.
The Virgin Group boss hit a hump in the road on Virgin Gorda, one of the islands in the Caribbean, catapulting him into the road...
The billionaire running for president now seeks to convince millions of Americans to give him money.
Bay Area billionaire Tom Steyer is against money in politics. But he's spending plenty to become the Democratic party's climate crusader.
Over the past 15 years, Buffett's lunch auction has raised $17.9 million for the Glide Foundation. The 16th annual lunch auction starts Sunday with a $25,000 minimum bid on eBay
Elon Musk may be a billionaire, but last year his total compensation was just over $35,000.
Nick Woodman, founder and CEO of San Mateo-based camera maker GoPro, has been declared the highest paid executive in the Bloomberg Pay Index after receiving 4.5 million shares valued at $284.5 million.
Despite confusion, the San Mateo County Sheriff's office said deputies will not issue citations or make arrests for trespassing if someone is simply accessing Martin's Beach.
Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer says he will not enter the race to succeed California Sen. Barbara Boxer.
WhatsApp founder Jan Koum a Ukraine immigrant who was once living on welfare, hit the jackpot with 76.4 million Facebook shares now worth $5.8 billion when he and his partner sold their mobile messaging service to the social networking leader.
The auction benefits the Glide Foundation, which provides meals, health care, job training, rehabilitation and housing support to the poor and homeless in San Francisco
Vinod Khosla, a billionaire venture capitalist, is expected to testify Monday afternoon in Redwood City in a case where he's accused of violating public access laws when he closed off Martins Beach.
The Beats co-founder says Forbes' rich list has changed "in a big way"
An unnamed Silicon Valley billionaire has purchased the world's most valuable life insurance policy.
Phil Matier looks at the shift in politics on both sides of the aisle where large amounts of money are coming in from individuals with very specific agendas, but asks— is this Democracy?
