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BILLIONAIRE is an award-winning magazine not available on newsstands, but offered to a distinguished group of the most powerful, influential, high net worth readers across the world. Join them to receive special subscriber-only invitations. We go the extra mile to report on important topics such as the future of technology, world health, philanthropy and humanitarian work. We bring you incredible travel experiences, the very best in elegant living, the arts, culture and craftsmanship. We exclusively interview some of the world’s most illustrious billionaires, from Ted Turner to Nicky Oppenheimer to Joe Gebbia to Mo Ibrahim, about the problems keeping them up at night, their passions and projects. We speak to some of the planet’s most inspiring change-makers, from Jimmy Carter to Buzz Aldrin to Kofi Annan, about their visions for the future and how they are making the world a better place. Each quarterly issue of BILLIONAIRE is carefully curated with unique content that other magazines simply do not offer.

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The Power of Impact Investing

NEW HORIZONS • With the pandemic still making travelling difficult, if not impossible, many of us will be forgoing a summer holiday this year. But that doesn’t mean we can’t fantasise about where we would go if we could. And perhaps make a tentative booking or two. We take a look at the most stunning new luxury hotel openings around the world.

OPINIONS • Each issue we ask three thought leaders the same question. In this issue: what single item would you take if you were stranded on a desert island?

Collectables • From space-aged Bordeaux to Federer’s tennis shoes, our pick of the most interesting auctions so far this year.

Space Odyssey

VISIONARY WOMEN • “Failing is a crucial part of success. Every time you fail and get back up, you practice perseverance, which is the key to life. Your strength comes in your ability to recover.”

The Green Premium • The technology to allow the world to achieve net zero has not yet been commercialised. But it’s a work in progress, according to Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy.

Choose Love • From the humble beginning of a hashtag, Choose Love has grown into one of the most powerful humanitarian refugee organisations in the world.

Sustainability Sisters • Eight inspirational female entrepreneurs and leaders lighting a path in sustainability.

THINKING BIG • “A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.”

Voronoi’s Corrals • Respect for the landscape is the order of the day when building on a volcanic island.

Crafting Change • Venture capital should be directed towards companies that change the world for the better, believes Ernesto Schmitt.

The New Fitness Frontier • The future of keeping fit will be inside our homes.

VEHICLES OF THE FUTURE • “I said that if an alien came to visit, I’d be embarrassed to tell them that we fight wars to pull fossil fuels out of the ground to run our transportation. They’d be like, ‘What?’”

Electric Dreams • On land, sea and up above, electric engines continue to make great strides.

Supersonic • Boom is the first commercial airplane manufacturer to commit to using carbon neutral fuels.

Clean Race • Alejandro Agag is the powerhouse behind Formula E, the world’s only single-seater all-electric street racing series.

World First • A continuously globe-circumnavigating residential mega-yacht with a solid philanthropic purpose.

Railways to Heaven • The world’s best train journeys make you reluctant to reach your destination.

POWER OF PURPOSE • “When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear...