Joseph Safra is the richest banker in the world, according to Forbes. Notorious for their stable yet clandestine banking operations, the mysterious Safra family is a fortress of banking successes.
The unauthorized biography of billionaire Lily Safra is a tale of one of the world's richest and most elegant women -- a jet-setter who socializes in the same elite circles as Prince Charles and Elton John. What is so fascinating, however, is exactly how Safra was able to climb her way to the top.
Money can buy you power, but it can't always save your life. Here's a list of the world's richest murder victims, some of whom met some unlikely ends: bombs, arson and even a kinky sadomasochistic sex scene.