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A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth was $9.1 trillion, up 18% since 2017. For the first time, Jeff Bezos was listed as the top billionaire due to Amazon's rising stock price that resulted in one person's biggest one-year gain in wealth ($35 billion) since Forbes started tracking in 1987. [16]
Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world's billionaires published by Bloomberg News since March 2012. It tracks the 500 wealthiest people in the world. [ 4 ] The ranking was designed to provide a more transparent and accountable presentation of the world's biggest personal fortunes. [ 7 ]
It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2020 class of the 400 richest Americans was $3.2 trillion , up from $2.7 trillion in 2017. [ 1 ]
(Top) 1 Forbes. 2 Hurun Global Rich List. ... This is a list of countries by their number of billionaire residents, ... 10 29 United Kingdom: 55: 0.814 ...
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The United States has the largest number of billionaires of any country, with 536 as of 2015, [9] while China, India and Russia are home to 213, 90 and 88 billionaires, respectively. [10] [11] As of 2015, only 46 billionaires were under the age of 40, [9] while the list of American-only billionaires, as of 2010, had an average age of 66. [12]
This year has already set a record for the billionaire class, in terms of the number of billionaires and level of wealth. Billionaires have never been richer. Check Out: 5 Ways To Become a ...
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [6] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...