# Forbes

Last year

2022

# irish billionaires

Billionaire list shows that nine Irish billionaires have a combined net worth of $54.8 billion

The Irish list is topped by Pallonji Mistry, a construction magnate with a net worth of $15 billion.

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Apr 5th 2022, 7:39 PM

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# Peace Treaty

Forbes article about Stripe brothers which called Limerick 'stab city' removed after online backlash

The piece was written as a profile of Stripe billionaires John and Patrick Collison.

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Apr 10th 2021, 9:24 AM

# Show Me The Money

Dwayne Johnson is the highest-paid actor in the world

Here is the full top 10, according to Forbes.

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Aug 12th 2020, 11:02 AM

# Hollywood

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson returns to the top of Forbes list of highest-paid actors in 2019

Will Smith, Adam Sandler and Jackie Chan also made the Top 10.

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Aug 21st 2019, 10:29 PM

# JackSepticEye

Irishman Seán McLoughlin on list of top-earning Youtube stars for 2018

The gamer – who goes by the moniker JackSepticEye – was eighth on the Forbes list.

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Dec 4th 2018, 10:01 PM

# a lot of lip kits

Kylie Jenner made the cover of Forbes for her $900m lipstick empire, just after getting rid of her filler

Genius.

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Jul 11th 2018, 3:50 PM

# Forbes

Michael Jackson named top earning dead celebrity with $75 million

The singer and performer’s post-mortem empire has topped the list for the fifth year in a row.

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Oct 30th 2017, 6:50 PM

# Forbes

Emma Stone is the world's highest-paid actress

Stone, who won the best actress Oscar for her role in La La Land, made $26 million in pre-tax earnings in the year up to June.

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Aug 17th 2017, 12:26 PM

# Raking it in

Rory McIlroy up to sixth highest-paid athlete in world after successful year on and off course

The world number two has earned an estimated €44 million over the past 12 months, according to Forbes magazine.

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Jun 7th 2017, 5:15 PM

# top spot

Man United overtake Real Madrid to become world's most valuable football club

US magazine Forbes reckons the Red Devils are worth more than €3 billion.

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Jun 6th 2017, 6:37 PM

# G'wan you good things

The Irish men and women who made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list

It will come as no surprise that Conor McGregor made the list… but in the ‘entertainment’ category?

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Jan 16th 2017, 8:19 PM

# High Earners

Here's how much the most popular YouTubers earned this year

Newly compiled data shows just how much YouTube popularity can pay off.

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Dec 26th 2016, 7:00 PM

# softening market

Donald Trump has lost $800 million in the past year, Forbes magazine reckons

He’s still worth almost $4 billion though.

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Sep 29th 2016, 12:32 PM

# Power players

You'll never guess who the world's most powerful woman is*

*You probably will, to be honest.

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Aug 17th 2016, 9:49 PM

# top earners

Taylor Swift tops Forbes celebrity rich list making $170 million in 2016

Irish rockers U2 came in at number 30 on the list.

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Jul 13th 2016, 9:34 AM

# Money matters

Conor McGregor's $22 million year puts him among the world's 100 highest-paid athletes

He’s officially MMA’s biggest earner, according to Forbes.

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Jun 9th 2016, 1:21 PM

# Claim

Chinese football team are 'world's most valuable club'

According to news agency Xinhua, they are worth $3.35 billion.

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Mar 9th 2016, 2:24 PM

# loaded

These are the ten richest people on the planet

There are fewer billionaires than there were this time last year.

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Mar 6th 2016, 3:00 PM

# day of days

It has been 24 hours to remember for Saoirse Ronan...

The Irish actress won best actress at the prestigious New York Film Critics Circle last night for her movie Brooklyn, and has also been named on Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30 list.

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Jan 5th 2016, 11:37 AM

# airbrushed

A tech billionaire called out a magazine for Photoshopping him beyond recognition

Is that… me?

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Aug 23rd 2015, 12:03 PM

# Forbes

Taylor Swift is now one of the most powerful women in the world*

*According to Forbes, at least.

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May 26th 2015, 10:06 PM

# minted

These are the college degrees you need to do if you want to be filthy, stinkin' rich

And first on the list is ‘don’t do a degree’ – just like 32% of the top 100 richest people in the world who have no third level education whatsoever.

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Mar 27th 2015, 11:03 AM

# Movers and Shakers

Bill Gates has a reason to smile today...

The Forbes rich list is out and there’s a former basketball player on it.

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Mar 2nd 2015, 10:05 PM

# not the BSCITWIWTDB

Is Ireland the 'Best Small Country in the World in Which to do Business™?' Not any more...

That would be Denmark now. Or maybe New Zealand.

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Dec 19th 2014, 5:30 PM

# DNA

US scientist who sold his Nobel Prize to donate some of his millions to Irish university

It has also been revealed that the man who bought the medal did so to give it back.

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Dec 10th 2014, 11:11 AM

# major leagues

Ireland among Europe's elite when it comes to competitiveness

A new report by the European Commission has placed Ireland alongside Netherlands, Germany and Denmark for industrial competitiveness.

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Sep 11th 2014, 9:36 PM

# world famous

A top US venture capitalist is tweeting about Dustin the Turkey

Yep.

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Jun 21st 2014, 1:45 PM

# Prime Numbers

High Court, Mars, and Niall Horan: The week in numbers

Plus: Where did Michael Noonan rank out of Europe’s Finance Ministers in a Financial Times list?

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Jan 11th 2014, 7:30 PM

# News Fix

Here’s What Happened Today: Wednesday

Today everyone’s been talking about a man found dead in Dublin, Jenny Lauren’s €2,000 fine and Mary McAleese on the Catholic Church and homosexuality.

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Jan 8th 2014, 11:06 PM

# top 30

Five Irishmen make the Forbes 30 under 30 list

A golfer, a businessman a boyband member and two entrepreneurs from Limerick featured on the ones to watch list.

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Jan 8th 2014, 1:08 PM

# Business

Forbes names Irish business 'hot global startup'

Trustev was set up in 2012 and helps to prevent online fraud.

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Dec 18th 2013, 7:43 AM

Voices

Damien Kiberd: Forbes has Ireland all wrong

Ireland Inc. got the thumbs-up as the best place to do business. The glossy magazine headline hides a less attractive truth about tax, unemployment and Stalinist powers.

Dec 8th 2013, 8:30 AM