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The net worth of the world's billionaires increased from less than US$1 trillion in 2000 to over $7 trillion in 2015. The World's Billionaires is an annual ranking of people who are billionaires, i.e., they are considered to have a net worth of US$1 billion or more, by the American business magazine Forbes. The list was first published in March ...
Per Forbes (April 2024) [1]; Rank Rank per capita Country/Territory Billionaires Rate - World 2,781: 0.343 1 11 United States 813: 2.420 2 53 China 406: 0.288 3 58 India 200: 0.144
The number of billionaires that, with assets combined, would own as much money as half the world population, and what transport they would fit on, from years 2010 to 2016 [19] According to a 2016 Oxfam report, the wealth of the poorest 95% dropped by 38% between 2010 and 2015, due to an increase in the global population of 400 million. [ 19 ]
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, launched in March 2012, is a daily ranking of the world's 500 richest people based on their net worth. [3][4][5] It features a profile of each billionaire, and includes a tool that allows users to compare the fortunes of multiple billionaires. The index is updated every day at the close of trading in New York. [6]
Warren Buffett: $134.3 billion. Bill Gates: $133.6 billion. Steve Ballmer: $130.6 billion. Here’s an even closer look at how the world’s 10 richest people on Forbes’ Billionaires Index list ...
The tech world is represented by Dan Kurzius, age 52, who co-founded Mailchimp in 2001 an is worth $4.9 billion. Ben Chesnut Ben Chestnut, age 50, also co-founded Mailchimp with Kurzius.
According to Forbes Bezos was the second-wealthiest person in America and the third-wealthiest person in the world in 2023. [246] [247] [248] Bezos is the second-wealthiest person in the world according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. His net worth is about US$197 billion as of February 2024. [249] [250]
The latest World’s Wealthiest Cities Report by Henley & Partners [2] shows San Francisco (including the San Francisco Bay Area) overtaking New York as the city with the most billionaires, as well as overtaking Tokyo to become second to New York in millionaires. Notably, Monaco, with a population under 50,000, is home to 20 billionaires. [2]