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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - Caught on Camera

Google Gemini boss describes working with founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to win the AI future

Demis Hassabis told Fortune it’s a return to the “shipping culture” from “the golden era of Google.”

Fortune

‘The smart, the rich, the powerful’: Epstein associated with Silicon Valley elite years after his release from prison

Billionaires and intellectuals attended events with the disgraced financier years after he served time for sex offense, files reveal

The Guardian - US

Billionaire Peter Thiel Offers $3M to Lobbying Group to Fight Against the California Wealth Tax

Billionaire Peter Thiel donated $3 million to a group opposing California's proposed wealth tax, which is expected to generate $100 billion for the state's healthcare, schools, and food programs.

International Business Times UK

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Elon Musk’s stubborn spin on Grok’s sexualized images controversy

Musk attempts to recast AI tool’s misuse. Plus, tech billionaires plot against a proposed California tax on their fortunes

The Guardian - US

California's wealth tax doesn't fix the real problem: Cash-poor billionaires who borrow money, tax-free, to live on

Billionaires live under "buy, borrow, die," and California's wealth tax wouldn't touch that. An estimated $1 trillion of wealth has already fled.

Fortune

‘Sickening and greedy’: California millionaire slams Larry Page and Sergey Brin for cutting ties with the state to avoid wealth tax

As billionaires flee the state to avoid the proposed wealth tax, other high earners support the one-time tax.

Fortune

California Billionaires Are Leaving the State in Response to Proposed Wealth Tax

The wealth tax would discourage investment and likely lower tax revenue for California.

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Gavin Newsom comes out swinging against California billionaire tax

Ballot initiative, opposed by the ultra-wealthy, would levy one-time 5% tax on individuals worth more than $1bn

The Guardian - US

Peter Thiel makes $3m donation to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax

Ballot proposes one-time, 5% tax on anyone in state worth more than $1bn and grant a five-year period for payment

The Guardian - US

A Breakable Regime

Plus: Wealth tax barely understood by its proponents, Jerome Powell investigated, why sobriety sucks, and more...

Reason

Google billionaire Larry Page copies the Jeff Bezos playbook, buying a $173 million Miami compound that will save him millions in taxes

Critics warned a wealth tax in California would lead to a billionaire exodus. Florida says come on in, the water's warm.

Fortune

Tech titans divided over whether to pay billionaire tax or flee California

State residents worth more than $1bn could face one-off, 5% tax to help fund education, food assistance and healthcare

The Guardian - US

Jensen Huang might be fine with a billionaires tax, but Google cofounder Larry Page is already dumping California

Page converted several of his assets out of California before the end of 2025, according to state filings.

Fortune

Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025

Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page

The Guardian - US

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International Business Times

Silicon Valley Founders Warn They May Flee If California Billionaire Tax Passes

Silicon Valley billionaires warn a proposed California wealth tax could drive founders and jobs out of the state.

International Business Times UK

Tech Billionaires Warn of California Exodus as 5% Wealth Tax Sparks Panic

Tech billionaires threaten to flee California as a proposed 5% wealth tax sparks panic among Silicon Valley founders.

Fortune

Peter Thiel and Larry Page are preparing to flee California in case the state passes a billionaire wealth tax, report says

The proposal calls for California residents worth more than $1 billion to pay a one-time tax equivalent to 5% of their assets.

The Guardian - UK

AI boom adds more than half a trillion dollars to wealth of US tech barons in 2025

Elon Musk’s net worth increased by nearly 50% to $645bn with founders of Google and Amazon also seeing huge wealth gains

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Fortune

In 2000 Larry Page said Google was ‘nowhere near’ the ultimate search engine—25 years later, Gemini might be close

“We’re nowhere near doing that now,” said Page at the time.

Fortune

Elon Musk's wealth has soared past $600 billion—he's now worth double the next richest person alive, Google's cofounder Larry Page

The SpaceX CEO just woke up $168 billion richer and set the bar for the first person estimated to be worth more than $600 billion.

International Business Times UK

Top 10 Richest People in the World 2025: Elon Musk Leads as Tech Billionaires Control £1.44 Trillion Fortune

Forbes reveals how technology giants dominate the world's richest list as billionaire fortunes reach record highs in 2025.

Fortune

Google cofounder Larry Page overtakes Jeff Bezos as the third richest person in the world following an Alphabet stock surge

Page’s net worth skyrocketed up to $252 billion this Wednesday following a stock surge and analyst buzz that Gemini 3 is their “favorite” model on the AI market.

Benzinga

Google Founders Page, Brin Up Over $160B In 2025, Now Worth More Than Zuckerberg

Shares of Magnificent Seven stock Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) have soared to new all-time highs in recent days and posted an impressive gain of 54% year-to-date in 2025. Investors in the tech giant are sitting on impressive gains, including the company's co-founders who are now among the richest people in the…

International Business Times UK

Larry Page Becomes World's Third Richest Man as Gemini 3 Sends His Fortune Soaring

Larry Page's net worth jumps $7.6 billion as Google launches its most advanced AI model, Gemini 3.

The Conversation

As AI leader Nvidia posts record results, Warren Buffett’s made a surprise bet on Google

The world’s most valuable publicly listed company, US microchip maker Nvidia, has reported record $US57 billion revenue in the third quarter of 2025, beating Wall Street estimates. The chipmaker said revenue will rise again to $US65 billion in the last part of the year.

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