Giacomo Tognini
Deputy editor, wealth @Forbes.com covering billionaires and the world’s richest people. Forbes Union.
@columbiajournalism.bsky.social and UC Berkeley alum. Tips: gtognini@forbes.com / giacomo.na.tognini@proton.me
- 1/ @mhunterhart.bsky.social and I found several contracts and payment records that uncovered two new billionaire clients of Jeffrey Epstein: real estate mogul Mortimer Zuckerman and Ariane de Rothschild, a Rothschild heir by marriage. www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
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- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniThe DOJ’s new Epstein files release shows that billionaire Gordon Getty both had a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and allegedly brushed off his crimes: “well, we ALL have similar kinds of problems.” Read more in my latest for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/monica...
- Reposted by Giacomo Tognini🚨 NEW 🚨 The Men Making Millions Selling Pepper Spray To ICE Safariland, owned by billionaire Warren Kanders, remains the number one supplier of pepper spray and tear gas to ICE and CBP, via a large federal distributor run by a MAGA-aligned former Marine. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniTrump's new FTC pick has advocated for "country of origin" disclosure rules for over a year, so we have a good idea of what he'd push for if confirmed. David MacNeil would be the 12th known billionaire/billionaire's spouse in Trump's admin. My profile for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/monica...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniYour medical data is more vulnerable than you might think. A new lawsuit from healthcare software giant Epic is shining a light on systemic issues with how patient records are transferred between providers. My latest for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/monica...
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- Warren Kanders rose to fame in 2019 when he was pushed out of the Whitney Museum's board over protests against his firm's sales of tear gas. Now he's a billionaire thanks to U.S. and foreign spending on militaries and a new bet on nuclear safety. @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniLovable just raised at a $6.6 billion valuation. That makes it's 26-year-old cofounder, Fabian Hedin, one of Europe's youngest ever self-made billionaires (another Swedish AI whiz holds the lead) www.forbes.com/sites/alicia...
- Medical supplies giant Medline went public today in the biggest IPO of 2025. Matt Durot and I dug into public filings for @forbes.com and found that 5 members of the Mills family--who founded Medline in 1966 and sold a majority stake in 2021--are now billionaires. www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniAfter her most recent grant announcement on Tuesday, MacKenzie Scott is now America's third-most-generous philanthropist by dollar amount, and second by percentage of wealth. More insights and context in my latest for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniForbes raised questions about the massive funding round metaverse-turned-AI firm #Napster announced as a done deal in January. The money is never coming, the company said Thursday. With @iainmartin.bsky.social for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
- Zygmunt Solorz, one of Poland's richest people, has been mired in a yearlong succession fight and legal drama involving his three children reminiscent of HBO's Succession. Now he’s turning to U.S. courts in search of more evidence to help his case. Read at @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniHave you been using #Sora? Some back-of-napkin math suggests OpenAI is spending more than a quarter of what it’s making to power its AI slop factory. There are also potential silver linings (more training data + future tax savings). My latest for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
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- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniLuca Ferrari bought his first app back in 2014 for just $10,000 with the hope that his Milan-based startup could turn it around. A decade later, Ferrari has become one of tech’s biggest dealmakers, and a new billionaire, after a new funding round valued his startup at more than $11 billion.
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniThanks to his $130 million donation to pay troops during the gov shutdown, Mellon has likely given away a bigger % of his fortune than any person ever: more than half. A breakdown of his giving and how he made his millions—not just from inheritance!—for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniNew details about Deel's latest fundraise, its legal + private market battle with Rippling and what's next in my story with Matt Durot for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu...
- The Fanjul family sugar barons have been wooing politicians for decades, but their bet on Trump is their best yet--especially after Trump pushed Coca-Cola to use cane sugar in its U.S. coke. @chloesorvino.bsky.social and I dug into their $4 billion fortune @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/chloes...
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- Vietnamese real estate mogul Dang Thanh Tam's industrial park firm, Kinh Bac City, boomed during Trump's first term as his trade war with China pushed manufacturers to Vietnam. Now he's partnering with Trump on a $1.5 billion luxury hotel. Read @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
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- Former energy secretary Rick Perry's data center real estate firm, Fermi, went public today. The stock jumped 55%, valuing it at $19 billion and minting 3 new billionaires--despite the firm having $0 in revenue. New from me + @kylekhanmullins.bsky.social @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...
- 1/ Shares in Moderna and BioNTech have imploded since their 2021 peaks, shaving billions of dollars from their founders’ fortunes. Growing anti-vax hysteria and RFK Jr.’s FDA will likely make the situation even worse. Read at @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniNvidia’s Jensen Huang just bet $500 million that a tiny data center startup can become a British rival to Coreweave. www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniA series of bold bets and calculated risks helped Michael Intrator turn @CoreWeave from a no-name crypto miner into a $50 billion company, serving compute to the likes of OpenAI and Microsoft. Elated to share my latest @forbes.com cover story with @pheebini.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniNew @forbes.com magazine cover story—from @rashis.bsky.social and me—is our take on #CoreWeave, one of the biggest beneficiaries of the #AI boom. It's a fascinating firm built on bold bets, complex risk & no shortage of luck. Would love to hear what you think: www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...
- This is a fabulously written, in-depth profile of Edwin Chen, the billionaire founder of Surge AI and one of the key people to watch in the AI revolution. Incredible reporting and a must-read story from @pheebini.bsky.social
- 1/ My latest for @forbes.com is a profile of a founder who holds outsized influence in the race to improve AI models and hates Silicon Valley culture. Edwin Chen on aliens and Eminem but also bootstrapping Surge AI, why he'd never go public and the future of AI: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
- 1/Jared Kushner is now a #billionaire with an estimated fortune of just over $1 billion. That's thanks in part to his private equity firm Affinity Partners, which has made some good bets and raised another $1.5 billion last year. @forbes.com w/ @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/monica...
- Giorgio Armani’s will was unsealed on Thursday, a week after the iconic fashion designer’s death at the age of 91 on September 4. Here's how he divided up his $9.6 billion fortune among five heirs--all of whom are now billionaires. Read here @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniOur fearless colleagues were outside the @forbes.com Power Women’s Summit in the rain ☔ this morning with an important gut check.
- 1/ Jared Kushner founded a new AI startup, Brain Co., with prolific VC Elad Gil, former Mexican foreign minister Luis Videgaray and Opendoor cofounder Eric Wu. The firm aims to help large businesses and governments apply AI to their operations. Read @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniJared Kushner has cofounded an AI startup, Brain Co, with VC Elad Gil and Luis Videgaray, the former Mexican foreign minister, to help corporates and government deploy AI www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniIn honor of the #Forbes400, the Forbes Union is sharing some numbers of our own. @forbes.com has dragged its capitalist feet for far too long. It's time to give the newsroom a fair contract!! #union #journalismjobs
- 1/ Today, @forbes.com launched its 44th annual Forbes 400 list, chronicling the wealth of the 400 richest Americans. They're collectively worth a record $6.6 trillion and it now takes a record $3.8 billion net worth to make the cut. Let's dig into the numbers. www.forbes.com/forbes-400/
- 2/ @chasewithorn.bsky.social broke down the facts and figures here: the richest, once again, is Elon Musk, the first person to ever break $400 billion on the Forbes 400, worth a record $428 billion. A record 71% of the list is self-made vs. inheriting their fortune. www.forbes.com/sites/chasew...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniThe listing comes as #OpenAI gears up for an astronomical employee share sale that could make many in OpenAI’s ranks rich enough to afford the mansion. Scoop for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
- Rocket Mortgage founder Dan Gilbert and his wife Jennifer filed for divorce on Friday. Thanks to a corporate restructuring completed two months ago, Jennifer Gilbert is now a billionaire and the 39th-richest woman in America. Read here at @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- Legendary fashion designer Giorgio Armani died today at age 91. The billionaire fashion icon was worth an estimated $12.1 billion at the time of his death, thanks to his 99.9% stake in his fashion house. Read about his incredible career here @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
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- Dick Portillo opened a hot dog stand with $1,100 in 1963 and built it into a beloved regional chain around Chicago, Portillo’s. After cashing out in 2014 for nearly $1 billion, he retired--then built a new real estate and restaurant empire. Read here @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniIt's a great week for telecom billionaire Charles Ergen. His company EchoStar announced it would sell spectrum to AT&T. Its stock soared and his wealth more than doubled. But the consequences for consumers are more complicated. (1/3)
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniLucrative endorsements and a stake in shoe brand On have made tennis legend Roger Federer just the seventh athlete in the three-comma club—and a food tech investment may serve up another payday. My story at @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/justin...
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- Must-read deep dive from @mhunterhart.bsky.social here:
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- There's a lot of speculation on how Jeffrey Epstein got so wealthy. But @johnhyatt.bsky.social and I dug into court filings, financial records and investigations and what's clear is that it's largely down to two billionaire clients and tax breaks. Read @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniFor all the speculation surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and his ties to Trump and others, there's actually a lot we know about how Epstein got so rich: Two billionaire patrons and a tax gimmick. @giacomotognini.bsky.social & I break down the numbers on @forbes.com 👇 www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- Before his death in 2019, the convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein had a property empire stretching from Paris to New Mexico where he committed many of his alleged crimes. They've all since been sold. Read what happened @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
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- Ferrero's $3.1 billion deal for WK Kellogg was just the latest in a 10-year, $13 billion deal-making spree (inc. 9 deals in the US) by the firm's billionaire executive chairman, Giovanni Ferrero, in his bid to make the Italian brand a global powerhouse. @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- Reposted by Giacomo Tognini1/ Billionaire Steve Sarowitz’s Wayfarer Foundation had been financing 200+ nonprofits with around $100 million until its sudden shutdown in early May. The closure occurred amid his high-profile legal battle with actress Blake Lively, who’s sued him and his partner Justin Baldoni.
- Reposted by Giacomo TogniniMore Bezos news: while he was in Venice getting married, he sold hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Amazon stock. details from @forbes.com Martina Castellanos www.forbes.com/sites/martin...
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- Last week an empty plot next door to Jeff Bezos on Miami's Indian Creek island sold for a record $105 million. The deed reveals the buyer Ocean Trust was represented by the same law firm and agent as Bezos' last purchase in May 2024. W/@pheebini.bsky.social @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...
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- 1/ Jorge Pérez made his $2.6 billion fortune selling luxury condos in South Florida. Now Trump's tariffs and immigration crackdown are scaring off some buyers and making construction more expensive--but Pérez has a plan for that. Read my latest @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- 1/ Trump's latest financial disclosure reveals how much he and his Trump Organization benefited financially from real estate projects in 2024. No one appears to have paid him more than Saudi real estate developer Dar Al Arkan, chaired by Yousef Al Shelash. www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
- 1/Lauren Leichtman spent four decades building a successful private equity firm-Levine Leichtman Capital Partners-with her husband, Arthur Levine. Her latest deal? Buying the National Women's Soccer League's San Diego Wave last October. Read here @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
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