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The short answer: no — the “ Mind Boost” or similar “smart pill” products are not real endorsements by Bill Gates and their dramatic efficacy claims lack credible evidence, according to consumer-prote...
Available sources list several high-profile business leaders of Jewish heritage (for example Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Dell and Steve Ballmer) but none of the pr...
Public reporting and compiled lists show many prominent global company leaders are Jewish, including major billionaires and CEOs cited by outlets such as Forbes Israel and community lists; Forbes Isra...
Claims that Bill Gates personally funded the “No Kings” protests with large sums (reports allege $100M+ from Gates or a $300M billionaire pool) are disputed across available reporting: fact-checking b...
Bill Gates is widely reported to be a major private owner of U.S. farmland, a claim grounded in reporting that cites his large land holdings and investment rationale tied to tax and subsidy structures...
Donald Trump’s personal and campaign-linked giving is modest compared with many billionaire peers, and recent reporting shows wealthy donors and corporations are major funders of Trump projects and ca...
The viral line — “Warren Buffett said if rich people and corporations pay taxes, no American under $400K will ever pay taxes again” — is a distorted mashup of things Buffett has said about corporate a...
defined a billionaire’s “” as the ratio of federal income taxes paid to the change in their estimated net worth over a given period, using leaked tax records and wealth estimates to compute that figur...
Markets are showing classic warning signs—rich valuations on multiple metrics and sector froth—leading several outlets and analysts to predict a sizable correction or "bubble" rupture in 2026, often c...
Bill Gates has repeatedly said he is sympathetic to cash transfers but believes universal basic income (UBI) is premature for most countries because they lack the fiscal capacity to let people stop wo...
The reporting landscape is split between claims that from prominent foundations and billionaires bankrolled the "No Kings" protests and counterpoints that key donor lists and celebrity attributions la...
The Mind Booster" story is not legitimate: multiple reputable consumer-protection and news outlets have documented that marketers of so-called "smart pill" supplements falsely attribute endorsements t...
's commonly quoted individual effective federal tax rate——comes from his own 2011 disclosure and has been used repeatedly in policy debates as the example that spawned the "" . That headline number, h...
Public figures have responded to mainly through civil litigation seeking injunctions and damages, leveraging , defamation, and privacy torts, while also pressing platforms and lawmakers for . The reco...
Contemporary reporting and university records show no widely reported, household-name business titans who were classmates of Donald J. Trump in Wharton’s 1960s undergraduate cohorts; attempts by repor...
The question of whether “ethical billionaires” exist hinges less on net worth and more on intent, transparency and systemic effects: many billionaires give large sums to charity and some pledge to giv...
Berkshire Hathaway's split history is short and simple: the company has never split its prized Class A shares, while its Class B shares underwent a 50-for-1 split in January 2010; the firm also create...
MacKenzie Scott has disclosed roughly $26.3 billion in gifts since 2019 (including a $7.17 billion round in 2025), a scale of giving that — by multiple news tallies — outstrips the lifetime reported d...
Professional valuation models and several major outlets report that U.S. equities look richly priced by multiple measures: the Buffett indicator sits near 217% versus GDP , some models show the market...
Warren Buffett’s core rule—“never invest in a business you cannot understand”—remains central, but Berkshire’s recent filings show a meaningful shift: the firm has increased cash to record levels (abo...