The Global Desks
Regions
Wealth is built differently in different places. Each desk follows the billionaires, business empires and investment moves of its own region — reported from the markets themselves.
The Africa Desk
Africa
Africa’s largest fortunes are concentrated in cement, telecoms, energy and consumer goods — industries built for fast-growing domestic markets rather than exported to them.
The Asia Desk
Asia
Asia produces more billionaires than any other region, spanning Chinese manufacturing and technology, Indian conglomerates, Japanese retail and Southeast Asian commodities.
Hong Kong IPO Market Cools in Q4 as Only Three Listings Debut Below Offer Price
Hong Kong's IPO momentum has cooled sharply in Q4, with just three listings debuting below offer price, but a year-end rush could still secure a top-three global ranking.
Elhedery's HSBC Signs Up 50,000 RedCoin Users in a Week as Hong Kong's Stablecoin Rules Pay Off
Xavier Niel Clears Indian Hurdle for €5.1 Billion Vodafone Stake
Zhang Yiming Reclaims China's Richest Title as ByteDance's AI Push Lifts Fortune to US$99.7 Billion
The Europe Desk
Europe
European wealth skews toward luxury houses, family-held industrial groups and private banking — fortunes that are frequently inherited and measured in generations.
The Middle East Desk
Middle East
Middle Eastern fortunes centre on energy, construction, sovereign-adjacent investment and, increasingly, technology and sport.
The North America Desk
North America
North America holds the largest single concentration of extreme wealth, dominated by technology, finance and retail — and more self-made than any other region.
Musk Ties SpaceX Equity to American Birthright, With Oceania Capital Watching
Elon Musk says he will give a SpaceX share to every US child, a pledge that reframes how the world's richest founder treats equity and citizenship.
Deepak Parekh, the Man Who Built HDFC, Is Now Advising Fairfax on India's Biggest Foreign Bank Bet
Hertha Metals Raises $133.65M, With $65M From Washington, to Build High-Purity Iron Plant in Texas
Trade War Escalation: Canada's 50% Retaliation Hits Steel, Cheese, and the Wealth Playbook
The South America Desk
South America
South American fortunes are built on mining, agriculture, banking and brewing — resource and consumer businesses at continental scale.
Otto Levy Reportedly Set for Cemig CEO Role as Minas Gerais Utility's Leadership Carousel Spins Again
Engineer and ex-state minister Otto Levy has reportedly accepted the governor-elect's offer to lead Cemig, but the board hasn't voted — and the utility has had three CEOs since May.
Daniel González Exit Leaves Milei's Shale Investment Drive Without Its Architect
Investor appeals dismissal of Milei in $LIBRA crypto case, citing $13.5M in pre-promotion trades
Alice raises $40M Series D led by World Bank's IFC as SoftBank exits and ARR hits R$1.2B
The Oceania Desk
Oceania
Australian and New Zealand wealth is anchored in mining, property and retail, shaped by decades of resource exports to Asia.
