Kyle Khan-Mullins

The Vice President’s Net Worth Has Increased Along With His Fame The “hillbilly” is richer than ever thanks to a raise, strong equity markets and newly disclosed assets.

NEW from me for @forbes.com: Our estimate of JD Vance's net worth is up by $2 million this year, bringing it to $12 million. Dig into his newly disclosed assets and our other findings here: www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...

Here’s How Much New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Is Worth Despite his own privileged path to power, or perhaps because of it, the son of a Columbia University professor and a movie director is campaigning as a socialist intent on redistributing New York’s we...

NEW from me for @forbes.com: Zohran Mamdani is neck and neck in the polls with Andrew Cuomo, but not so much in terms of his finances. Here's Forbes' take on his net worth as Election Day begins to wrap up:

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How Did Andrew Cuomo Get So Rich? His political star soared, collapsed and now may rise again. His finances, though, have been on a steady upward trajectory, thanks to a book deal and a nuclear startup.

NEW from me for @forbes.com, an intervention in the NYC mayoral race discourse: how much Andrew Cuomo is worth and just how he got rich. Check it out!
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How Much Is Barron Trump Worth? Trump’s oldest children earned a couple million dollars a year working for their dad's real-estate empire. Barron Trump appears to be earning much more, much faster.

NEW from me and @danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com: For the first time (we know of), Barron Trump is involved in the family business—and that means we've got an estimate for how much the 19-year-old has made from his father's crypto empire.

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Here's How Much Scott Bessent Is Worth The South Carolinian struggled to generate big returns at his own hedge fund. Bessent has always thrived, however, working for big personalities.

"How Rich Is Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent?

The South Carolinian struggled to generate big returns at his own hedge fund. Bessent has always thrived, however, working for big personalities."

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Here's How Much Scott Bessent Is Worth The South Carolinian struggled to generate big returns at his own hedge fund. Bessent has always thrived, however, working for big personalities.

NEW from me for @forbes.com: One of the wealthiest members of the Trump administration has a fortune that's tough to pin down. He's likely not a billionaire, but here's what I found in my valuation of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:

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Here’s How Much Kristi Noem Is Worth Noem, who often emphasizes her rough-and-tumble rural roots, can thank her husband’s insurance business for much of her money.

Wondering just how much DHS secretary Kristi Noem is worth? I dug into her finances and public records for @forbes.com and have the answer: www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...

Trump Media Is Raising $2.5 Billion To Build A Bitcoin Reserve As the pro-crypto White House moves to establish a strategic bitcoin stockpile, Trump’s media company is adopting a parallel approach.

Trump Media is building a Bitcoin reserve.

So is the Trump White House.

Two fronts, one crypto strategy.

Here’s how Trump’s private company and public policy just aligned—

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Looking Back At Trump's Years-Long Obsession With Oversized Airplanes As diplomats around the world struggle to figure out Trump, Qatar may have found the perfect way to please the American president—dangling a supersized gift to stroke his ego.

The always-incredible @danalexander21.bsky.social and I talked to folks who have been around Trump and planes for years and... they had not-always-PG thoughts for us. My latest for @forbes.com:
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Trump Store Touts ‘Presidential Gold Note’ As Tariffs Rattle Markets And Gold Prices Soar The $47 note contains about $11 worth of gold.

New: "Trump Store Touts ‘Presidential Gold Note’ As Tariffs Rattle Markets And Gold Prices Soar"

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Don Jr. And Eric Trump Landed $3 Million In Stock For Joining Firm’s Advisory Board That Had Little Public Presence Before Their Appointment New SEC filings show the Trumps were granted 750,000 shares for joining the advisory board and helping the stock reach a 52-week high.

New: "Don Jr. And Eric Trump Landed $3 Million In Stock For Joining Firm’s Advisory Board That Had Little Public Presence Before Their Appointment"

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With rare earths from China in the news, re-upping profiles I previously wrote for @forbes.com on Noveon, a recycler of these materials…https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2023/05/10/meet-the-texas-startup-that-recycles-rare-earth-magnets-bypassing-china/

How Scott Bessent’s LLC Flipped A House And Lost $100,000 In One Month South Carolina real estate records show an odd transaction just as Bessent was taking office as Treasury Secretary.

NEW from me for @forbes.com: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears to have bought, then sold, a mansion in Charleston, losing $100,000 in just over a month. I dug into the documents and what we know here:

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Seattle Crosswalks Hacked To Sound Like Jeff Bezos Pedestrians pushing a crosswalk button near the University of Washington got to listen to “Bezos” spout on about not taxing the rich and even reference Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of United Hea...

Got to do some boots-on-the-ground reporting this morning when I heard my local crosswalk sound like Jeff Bezos and talk about Luigi Mangione:

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Amid Global Trade War, Here Are 13 Countries Where Trump Does Business Most of the nations where Trump has properties are seeking negotiated settlements rather than retaliating against the U.S.

As the president declares war on the global economic order, it's worth remembering that, over the years, he's made millions from overseas deals and properties. Here's my rundown for @forbes.com of how tariffs might impact Trump-branded properties everywhere:

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These Donors Gave Big To Trump. They Just Lost Billions Tariffs wiped out trillions of dollars in value Thursday, much of it held by the world’s richest people.

NEW from me and @danalexander21.bsky.social for @forbes.com: We figured out how much Trump's trade war is hurting his biggest supporters. Hint: nobody is safe.

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Trump’s Truth Social Stake Drops $40 Million—Still Beats Market Post-Tariff Trump Media stock fell 1.87% Thursday—less than the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500, which tumbled after Trump’s sweeping Liberation Day tariff announcement.

New: "Trump’s Truth Social Stake Drops $40 Million—Still Beats Market Post-Tariff"

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Trump Media Executives Launch New SPAC Seeking $179 Million—And Target Crypto, Defense Sectors A blank-check firm led by Trump Media executives Devin Nunes and Eric Swider is looking to profit from Trump’s policy landscape.

New: Trump Media Executives Launch New SPAC Seeking $179 Million—And Target Crypto, Defense Sectors

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Here’s How Much Trump’s Attorney General Is Worth America’s newest attorney general can thank rising Florida real estate values, a few years of lobbying and a wealthy husband for her increasing fortune.

NEW from me for @forbes.com: Pam Bondi grew up near my home town and built a long career in public office. But she made her fortune through just a couple years of lobbying and MAGA legal work in the private sector. Here's how:
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Urges DOJ Probe Into Tesla Protests—A Possible House Rules Violation Since She Owns The Company’s Stock Marjorie Taylor Greene May Have Violated Ethics Rules: Urges DOJ, FBI Investigation Into Tesla Protests While Owning Company’s Stock

New: Marjorie Taylor Greene urged the DOJ and FBI on Weds. to investigate anti-Tesla protests.

In doing so, she may have violated House ethics rules--because she owns stock in Tesla.

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Trading Volume In This Nasdaq-Listed Firm Soared Before Don Jr. And Eric Trump Were Announced As Board Members—‘Suspicious,’ Experts Say Before the company announced the president’s sons as investors and advisory board members, trading volume in the Nasdaq-listed stock jumped.

New: "Trading Volume In This Nasdaq-Listed Firm Soared Before Don Jr. And Eric Trump Were Announced As Board Members—‘Suspicious,’ Experts Say"

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Here’s How Much Embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams Is Worth The biggest chunks of Eric Adams’ fortune look to be largely illiquid, potentially complicating his fight against charges of corruption.

NEW from me for @forbes.com: As we wait to hear whether a judge will allow Trump's DoJ to drop the charges against Eric Adams, one thing is already clear: Legal bills are making New York's mayor significantly poorer. Read more here:

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Former Secret Service Agent Turned Deputy FBI Director Is Already Very Rich Even the nonbillionaires being nominated by Trump seem to be super wealthy. Just look at the fortune of conservative podcaster and Rumble investor Dan Bongino.

The new deputy FBI director, conservative commentator Dan Bongino, is worth over $150 million—and it's not thanks to his podcast and radio show, as successful as they are. I dug into his lucky investment here for @forbes.com:

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Former Secret Service Agent Turned Deputy FBI Director Is Already Very Rich Even the nonbillionaires being nominated by Trump seem to be super wealthy. Just look at the fortune of conservative podcaster and Rumble investor Dan Bongino.

"Former Secret Service Agent [Dan Bongino]Turned Deputy FBI Director Is Already Very Rich"

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CEO Devin Nunes Made $47 Million While Truth Social Parent Company Reported $401 Million In Losses In 2024 Former Congressman Devin Nunes' pay soared after Trump Media went public, but he can’t cash in right away.

New: Trump Media paid CEO Devin Nunes $47 million last year.

Also in 2024, the company reported $400 million in loses on $3.6 million in revenue.

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Trump’s Sons Invest In AI Data Centers After He Touts Billions In Industry Expansion Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump’s venture aligns with their father’s AI policy push, positioning them to potentially profit from government-backed industry growth.

Jan. 2025--Donald Trump announced $540 billion in pledged investment in AI infrastructure and called on his government to "enhance America's AI leadership."

Feb. 2025--Don Jr. and Eric get into the AI data center business.

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Ignore Musk’s And Trump’s Wild Claims. Here’s How Federal Officials Really Get Rich. As Forbes has tracked for years, there are plenty of perfectly legal ways for senior government officials to become quite rich despite their government salaries.

Forbes has been tracking how government officials really get wealthy for years. Spoiler alert: there are plenty of perfectly legal ways to do it. My latest for @forbes.com here:

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Here’s How Much AI Firm DeepSeek And Its Founder Are Worth The seemingly overnight success of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has catapulted its founder, Liang Wenfeng, to billionaire status. Here’s how.

NEW: @giacomotognini.bsky.social and I dove into regulatory docs, spoke with sources & crunched numbers to shed light on Liang's stake in @deepseek.bsky.social and his hedge fund, their business models and what they could be worth.

Read our latest in @forbes.com:

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The Huge Financial Stakes Behind Trump’s Sudden Interest In The Panama Canal President Trump is reportedly dispatching his newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Panama for his first foreign trip. Here's what's at stake.

"The Huge Financial Stakes Behind Trump’s Sudden Interest In The Panama Canal"

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The Huge Financial Stakes Behind Trump’s Sudden Interest In The Panama Canal President Trump is reportedly dispatching his newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Panama for his first foreign trip. Here's what's at stake.

NEW from me for @forbes.com: Sec. of State Marco Rubio is headed down to Panama amid Trump's demands to reclaim the country's U.S.-built canal. I spoke to industry experts about a more diplomatic solution—what if the US bought the canal? How much would it go for?

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