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I edit The Forbes 400 list and help lead @Forbes ' coverage of billionaire$.

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Chase Peterson-Withorn
11 months
Allen Weisselberg testified yesterday that he "never even thought about" Trump's penthouse, which was "a de minimis asset" in his mind. Except I sat in Trump Tower while he and Trump repeatedly tried to pump up the value of the property for a higher spot on The @Forbes 400 list.
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10 months
"And different things" includes an entirely separate penthouse belonging to someone else. And, by the way, Trump is making it sound like he wasn't aware, but he spent two hours personally telling me his apartment was 33,000 square feet and took up all of the top 3 floors...
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Trump: "They took 10,000 feet per floor, and they went times three. But they didn't take out elevator shafts and different things."
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Four actors from The Big Bang Theory made a combined $98.5 million last year, which is actually more than the Sacramento Kings' entire team payroll.
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6 years
Highest-paid TV actors of 2018: Jim Parsons leads with $26.5M
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5 years
Donald Trump’s sons have been quietly making deals, selling off more than $100M of the president’s real estate portfolio through more than 100 tiny transactions that have mostly flown under the radar. My #Forbes400 magazine story, w/ @DanAlexander21 .
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11 months
In fact, we even toured Trump's penthouse that day. Weisselberg was standing right there when Trump walked @Forbes through the place, lying about how big it was while we were inside it. "You really have to see it to understand," Weisselberg said. "You can't replace this."
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
11 months
Here's @DanAlexander21 's latest piece, on Allen Weisselberg's lies on the stand: Trump's CFO spent decades overseeing all the details of the Trump Org, including being intimately involved in Trump's yearslong campaign of lies about his apartment:
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
2 years
Here's the story of Donald Trump taking me on a tour of his Trump Tower apartment ("the best apartment ever built, they say—those that know"), lying about how big it is, then getting sued by the NY attorney general in part for lying about its size.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
4 years
I spent a lot of time digging through @Forbes ' complicated history with Kylie Jenner—and her complicated history with the truth. @MadelinePBerg and I did the math. Turns out, she's not a billionaire.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
10 months
When we were estimating Trump's net worth for The @Forbes 400, the Trump Org held up Steve Ekovich as an independent golf expert who could back up Trump's lofty valuations. Here he is calling us "bastards always trying to tear people down" in an email to Allen Weisselberg...
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Adam Klasfeld
10 months
The NYAG'S filing includes as exhibits several Allen Weisselberg emails entered into evidence—plus, some that haven't. Here, a real estate exec gripes to Weisselberg of Forbes: "Those bastards always trying to tear people down, then when they are wrong they hide the apology."
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
As part of @Forbes ' deep dive into all of the 2020 presidential candidates' fortunes (see here: ), I dug into Andrew Yang's background. He's not the Silicon Valley billionaire you may think he is.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
10 months
Donald Trump is a professional real estate developer who designed his own penthouse, in a building he built, and lived there for decades. He knew exactly how big his home was. He knew he had a neighbor!
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
3 years
Yesterday, I testified before the grand jury that’s presumably deciding whether to indict Donald Trump. Here’s why @Forbes fought the subpoenas we were issued, and here’s what @RandallLane and I ended up saying.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
Bernie Sanders, apparently known as Crazy Bernie to some, released 10 years of tax returns yesterday. He had a good decade. Here's how the socialist senator earned nearly $5M—much of it since his 2016 campaign.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
7 years
Jeff Bezos is now worth $100.2 billion, or 4,009,603,841 Fire Sticks at their current price.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
Earlier this week, Bernie Sanders admitted that he's a millionaire. But how much money does he really have? I dug through his financial disclosures, 2014 taxes and property records to find out.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
So @DanAlexander21 and I have been tracking the president's $ closely and Trump is right: His net worth is down $1.4B since 2015—though not exactly for a lack of trying to cash in on his office. See our recent @Forbes story:
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Daniel Dale
6 years
Responding to WaPo's argument that he's putting personal and financial interests above America's, Trump says, "Being president has cost me a fortune...a tremendous fortune, like you've never seen before."
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
How much are the Trump kids worth? I've seen big numbers thrown out ($300M? $800M?), so I dug into the first family's finances. What I could find: about $375M for Ivanka (& Jared), and about $25M each for Eric and Don Jr.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
7 years
When reached for comment, @RWPUSA and @NormEisen fainted.
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Anna Massoglia
7 years
Insane local news scoop: Wife of Trump ethics lawyer arrested having sex in a car with 23-year-old inmate
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
4 years
“I don’t make money from China," Trump said in last night's debate. Except he personally gave me a tour of a state-owned Chinese bank's offices in Trump Tower when he was running for president. “I have the best tenants in the world in this building.”
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
2 years
Another FTX scoop: SBF sent @Forbes a cap table in August. We have details on precisely how much some top investors stand to lose if FTX really goes to zero. Tom Brady, for example, looks to be down more than he'll make playing football this year.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Cohen's testimony about how Trump has exaggerated the value of his assets to @Forbes by using recent sale prices of better buildings, inflated rent rolls and outrageous multiples is spot on. It's a fact. We've been calling him on it for 30+ years.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
3 years
Larry Elder has successfully fought to keep his finances hidden from voters. But @Forbes found records of lenders seizing a Hollywood Hills home owned by Elder following the financial crisis—and nearly seizing another one soon after.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Just after Trump took office, the Trump Org raised eyebrows when it sold a $15.9M penthouse to a woman with alleged ties to Chinese military intelligence. Now I've discovered a new detail: She didn't buy a random apartment—she bought Jared and Ivanka's. /1
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Jeff Bezos wasn't the only person to have a great year. @Forbes found 259 new billionaires, who made their fortunes in everything from cryptocurrency to In-N-Out burgers and Hatchimals kids. toys. See them all here:
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
2 years
The former richest person in Russia just told a packed ballroom at The Beverly Hilton hotel that “The world will not be a safe place as long as Putin remains in power."
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
8 years
Mark Zuckerberg had the best yr on the planet, becoming $11.2b richer. See 10 biggest #ForbesBillionaires gainers:
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
"The Doral is on fire," Eric Trump said last summer. Yet, as @Forbes reported, a top Doral exec told a group of appraisers in 2016 that revenues were suffering because of Trump's politics. Now @Fahrenthold found even more proof—straight from the Trump Org.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Looks like Donald Trump will no longer be the richest elected official in America.
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JB Pritzker spent $171.5 million on his campaign and unseated incumbent Republican governor Bruce Rauner—who spent $57.8 million. Pritzker is now the richest elected official in America. @Forbes
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
I spent a solid day in the porn world, investigating just how much money Stormy Daniels is set to bank off of her newfound publicity. The short answer: A lot more than she had been earning.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
3 years
Out today: @Forbes ' list of America's 25 most philanthropic billionaires. They've given $169 billion—and are still worth $1.1 trillion. 1. Warren Buffett ($46.1B) 2. Bill & Melinda Gates ($33.4B) 3. George Soros ($18.1B) ... 25. Julian Robertson ($1.39B)
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
3 years
Well, it only took 7 years but…my first cover story. For the Forbes 400 issue, @Steven_Ehrlich and I profiled the most interesting billionaire in the world: 29-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
How does a billionaire spend a year? @Forbes tracked where some of the best-known superyachts traveled every day over the course of 2017, thanks to some incredible data from @MarineTraffic . We put together an interactive map so you can travel along.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
8 years
Want to be a billionaire? These are the industries most likely to land you on the @Forbes list: #ForbesBillionaires
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
We dug into the details—examining financial disclosure statements, scouring local real estate records and calculating pension benefits—to figure out the finances of the 2020 candidates. There were some surprises. #2020money
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
I spent some time digging into Mike Pence’s finances. He has shockingly little to his name. It doesn’t look like he has saved nearly enough for retirement & he’s far from making a @Forbes rich list—but his career as a politician has made him a millionaire.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
8 years
Papa John is now a billionaire
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Since Trump won the election, we have interviewed nearly 200 of his colleagues, partners and industry observers, all to answer a simple question: Is Trump getting rich off the presidency? Here are the early results—my latest mag story, w/ @DanAlexander21 .
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
President Trump's epic ego could end up putting his children on the hook for a $1.3 billion in tax bill.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
We’ve been tracking Trump's fortune closely. Since he took office, his net worth has fallen by $400M. Trump-branded buildings & golf courses are struggling. His brand licensing business is fizzling. Luckily, Trump's name isn't on *everything* he owns.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
3 years
The NY AG is investigating whether Trump lied about his LA real estate project. Trump and his CFO, Allen Weisselberg, lied to @Forbes about it for years, including exaggerating lot sales and bragging about a $28M home sale that never happened. My latest.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
Check out the 40 richest entrepreneurs under 40. Spoiler: They mostly live in California.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
3 years
Yes, Trump's accounting firm just said his personal balance sheets aren't reliable. But everyone from Trump's lenders to @Forbes to Trump's own accountants have known that for years.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
The U.S. is #22 on @Forbes ' list of the best countries for business. So much for rhetoric about free market utopia.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
These 5 billionaires are having dinner with Trump tonight at Bedminster, where they'll presumably make good use of the club's "business center with helipad."
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
7 years
He got his start hawking beer in Brooklyn & was robbed 100 times. "It was like the Wild, Wild West in those days."
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Man, these property values sure are different from what the Trump Org lobbies @Forbes for every time we do a net worth estimate... Great work by @ProPublica
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
8 years
Jeff Bezos gained $10.4B last yr. He's among the world's top 5 richest for the 1st time: #ForbesBillionaires @Forbes
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
2 years
As Trump’s longtime CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to tax fraud charges today, here’s a little story about my own encounter with Weisselberg on the topic of taxes—and why I should have known then that Trump would never, ever release his tax returns to the public. /1
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
You needed $1.7 billion to make The Forbes 400 this year. See @Forbes ' full list of the 400 richest Americans here: http://t.co/xQF4My5VJe
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
A billion here, a billion there. Trump says he's worth $8.7B; @Forbes says $4.1B. What gives? http://t.co/e2luvKOTfc
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
4 years
Today on the @Forbes real-time billionaires list: Jeff Bezos has become the first person to ever top $200 billion in net worth. The Amazon founder is worth 2.1 Elon Musks, or 97 Donald Trumps.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
Experts describe a future of robot doctors, virtual reality vacations, smart toothbrushes. Is society ready? @Forbes
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
It's well known that Trump has offered little detail about his financial dealings. For today's @Forbes digital cover story, I took a close look at the financial disclosures he & members of his admin DO have to file. We may know even less than we thought.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Trump has crisscrossed the nation to campaign for Republicans and has taken to Twitter to spur voters to the polls—but has kept his money firmly in his wallet. He has donated $0 to candidates this cycle, according to FEC data.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
The new @Forbes 400 list is out. Bill Gates had been #1 since 1994, the same year a man named Jeff Bezos started a little online bookstore called Amazon. Now Bezos has taken the top spot, with $160B, thanks to a 104% jump in AMZN stock since last year.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
Jared and Ivanka earned at least $28M—and as much as $135M—last year while serving in the White House. That includes as much as $4M from the Trump hotel in DC and apparently $0 from Jared's heavily scrutinized stake in Cadre.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Mar-a-Lago is one of Trump's best investments: He purchased it in 1985 for about $10 million; today @Forbes estimates it be worth $160 million.
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2 years
3 months, thousands of pages of documents & hundreds of hours talking to sources later and it's finally here: The 2022 Forbes 400 list of the richest (i.e. most powerful) people in America. Huge thanks to the super talented, deep-diving @Forbes wealth team
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
3 years
The crypto world moves fast. A few weeks ago, @Steven_Ehrlich and I profiled @SBF_FTX for the cover of @Forbes . He was, at $22.5B, the richest self-made newcomer in Forbes 400 history. Now he's already $4B richer thanks his $420,690,000 funding round.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
You might have spilled your coffee this morning, but this guy lost $14 billion: http://t.co/1v3abtw6C2 #billionaires #badday
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
Interestingly, today's letter doesn't make any mention of Trump's business ties to Russia. In past court filings, Mueller has said the Trump Org could've made "hundreds of millions of dollars" from the Moscow deal Trump quietly pursued during his campaign.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
2 years
Sam Bankman-Fried has been pretty quiet over the past 24 hours. But he, for some reason, took the time to offer @Forbes a comment tonight on a story about...his net worth. Little scoop from me: Not even SBF seems to think he's a billionaire these days.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
Where does your school rank? See the full list of all 650 #TopColleges on the new @Forbes list: http://t.co/n8jliUoBIh
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9 years
Billionaire Jeff Greene Says Technology Will Kill White-Collar Jobs, Hosts Conference On Inequality via @forbes
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
Billionaires behind Heinz/Kraft: Warren Buffett ($70.9b) & Jorge Paulo Lemann ($25.2b). See @Forbes ' real-time ranks: http://t.co/cWtZbXYCEL
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
Are family-owned companies better equipped to succeed in the long run? http://t.co/kuaH7vl7Y7
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Trump gathered Emmanuel Macron and $128.5 billion of his closest friends for his administration's first state dinner last night.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
If you're looking for a beach vacation, the president's St. Martin estate is still available for up to $20,000 per night. Trump raked in between $100k and $1 million last year from renting it out (it was even on Airbnb)
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
2 years
It wouldn’t be long before Trump would light a firestorm by not releasing his tax returns, after repeatedly promising he would. We should have seen it coming a mile away, given how horrified Allen Weisselberg looked at the thought of tax information getting out. /end
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
I've seen Betsy DeVos called a millionaire, a billionaire and even a gazillionaire. Everyone knows she's rich, but no one can figure out how rich. So I took a stab at it.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
The Trumps reportedly want $500M for their D.C. hotel. That's far more than it's worth, according to the 7 experts I spoke to recently. We value the place at $253M.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
8 years
It's here! See @Forbes ' full list of the world's billionaires: (Just in time for Super Tuesday!) #ForbesBillionaires
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
Solid day for Jeff Bezos, who made $7b in an hour to overtake Larry Ellison as the world's 5th-richest person: http://t.co/WIaNmUieP7
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
Donald Trump has said Tom Steyer “should be running out of money pretty soon.” That doesn’t seem likely—even if he pumps $100M into a presidential campaign.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
Just 12% of family companies make it to the 3rd gen & only 3% beyond. How trucker A. Duie Pyle plans to beat the odds http://t.co/NMxzVfhdWb
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
3 years
How much cash does Trump have? It's a question NY attorney general Letitia James has been diving into as part of her investigation into Trump inflating his assets. @Forbes has been tussling with Trump on this matter for years.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
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OUT TODAY (no other big news today, right?): @Forbes ' annual World's Billionaires list, the roadmap of global welath. See who's up, who's down and who's out of the three-comma club.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Trump's inaugural committee's spending is reportedly under investigation by federal authorities. For those who have forgotten, these are the 25+ billionaires who donated to the record-breaking, $107M committee. (W/ @DanAlexander21 , @Forbes )
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
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Finally, if you haven't already checked out our @Forbes magazine story on the role Trump's presidency is playing in his fall down the Forbes 400 list, you can find it here:
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
President Trump's latest financial disclosure report is set to come out in the coming days. It will give us a sense of how his businesses are doing while he's in office. But it's a seriously flawed document. Here's what it doesn't tell us.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
3 years
In 2015 I sat down with Allen Weisselberg to comb through the Trump Organization’s finances. He was...not very truthful.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
5 years
Yeah, this is not accurate. They tried and failed to launch two new licensed hotel brands. They kicked the tires on a dead deal in the Dominican Republic. Oh, and they’ve sold $110M worth of real estate.
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See all 650 of @Forbes ' #TopColleges in one place here: http://t.co/n8jliUoBIh Where does your school rank?
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
Who becomes a Congressman? Lawyers, veterans, teachers—and a surprising number of entrepreneurs.
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
9 years
My latest @Forbes mag piece: Don Hankey made a fortune on high-interest car loans -- now he's partnering with Uber
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
6 years
The Trump Organization would only say that the “transaction, which occurred two years ago, was reviewed and approved by outside ethics counsel.” It's unclear how any of this could pass an ethics smell test. /8
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
11 months
OUT TODAY: The annual Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans. Huge thanks to the @Forbes wealth team for months of painstaking work to dig into who these people are and what they're doing with all that money. #Forbes400
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#Forbes400 : The Definitive Ranking of The Wealthiest Americans In 2023 FULL LIST:
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Chase Peterson-Withorn
7 years
See what each member of President Trump's gilded Cabinet is worth, according to @Forbes
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2 years
"By the way, how many of the people you write about show you anything?” Weisselberg spat. “None!” Trump shouted. “A lot,” @RandallLane was quick to correct. “People send us tax returns,” I told Weisselberg. “Tax returns?!” Weisselberg replied, totally dumbfounded. “Idiots!”
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Massachusetts colleges collect $125k per bachelor's degree awarded; Wyoming schools just $26k http://t.co/z4owdnrmUs @Forbes #TopColleges
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