Bill Simmons, the sportswriter turned media magnate (ESPN built the Grantland property for him) was profiled by Rob Tannenbaum in Rolling Stone this week. The piece gets at why the sports world occupies such a permanent and prominent place within pop culture: No sportswriter has ever had as much success as Simmons, partly because sports…

Look who’s making his comeback, a bit behind schedule but nevertheless, right on time. This week William Ackman, manager of the $12 billion hedge fund Pershing Square, did a Q&A at a charity benefit event and spoke freely about his portfolio rather than blaze through his customary deck of a few hundred slides. He’s got…

Warren Buffett’s net worth grew by an average of $37 million a day in 2013. Think about that for a moment. Some more great data via Robert Frank of CNBC: Top billionaire gainers in 2013 Warren Buffett—$12.7 billion gain to $59.1 billion Bill Gates—$11.5 billion gain to $72.6 billion Sheldon Adelson—$11.4 billion gain to $35.3…

Another year in the books – here’s what investors did this year.

How good is Carl Icahn?

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Had some fun playing with the Bloomberg Billionaire tool this morning, located here. Some of the data I was able to pull about YTD dollar and percentage gains in billionaire net worth tells an interesting story about what’s worked this year (tech and activism) and what has not (emerging markets and commodities). It’s amazing how…

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