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Money sometimes can't buy everything. Exclusive reservations, elusive Birkin bags, and more can remain out of reach for the wealthy.

For people who can afford anything, billionaires keep it pretty predictable. Here are the conferences, parties, and travel destinations favored by the wealthy.

The company that owns Truth Social has plunged 53% from its peak two weeks ago, slashing Donald Trump's net worth by more than $3 billion.

Forbes estimates Michael Bloomberg is one of the few worth more than $100 billion. He doesn't appear on Bloomberg's rich list due to editorial policy.

Netflix shells out big bucks for top talent, demands excellence from workers and ruthlessly gets rid of merely adequate performers, says Reed Hastings.

Warren Buffett hasn't asked for a pay rise in over 40 years because he wants to signal his prudence, frugality, and devotion to Berkshire Hathaway.

Bezos is the world's richest person with a net worth of $200 billion after Amazon shares surged 90% from a year ago.

Mukesh Ambani is worth $111 billion and is throwing a lavish three-day pre-wedding party for his son where Rihanna is set to perform.

Meta cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg owns 350 million shares in the company that just announced a 50 cent-per-share quarterly dividend.

Warren Buffett's company beat the odds given its original focus on "textiles, trading stamps, and department stores," says author Jacob McDonough.

The world's billionaires made more wealth through inheritance than entrepreneurship in 2023 for the first time in at least nine years.

The 70-year-old and her family hold a 35% stake in L'Oréal, which stock is up 35% this year-to-date.

Billionaires like to give and receive gifts just like the rest of us, even if those gifts — an Hermès Birkin bag, a vineyard in Tuscany — cost much more.