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The World's Billionaires 2010 edition was 24th annual ranking of The World's Billionaires by Forbes magazine. The list estimated the net worth of the world's richest people, excluding royalty and dictators, as of February 12, 2010. It was released online on March 10, 2010. Forty reporters across 13 countries contributed to the list.
Forbes just released its annual ranking of the world's richest people and, to a few readers, the list may come as a shock. The top slot isn't taken up by its perennial inhabitants Bill Gates or ...
In the 32nd annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires, the aggregate wealth of the top 20 richest people on Earth amounted to about 13 percent of all billionaires' fortunes combined. [16] A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth was $9.1 trillion, up 18% since 2017.
This is a list of countries by their number of billionaire residents, based on annual assessments of the net worth in United States Dollars of wealthy individuals worldwide. Forbes Further information: The World's Billionaires
The wealth of 85 list members declined this year from 314 in 2009, while wealth increased for 217 members. The total worth of the 400 rose by 8% to $1.37 trillion, still below the 2008 total of $1 ...
The Forbes 400 richest Americans regained lost ground in 2010, while most were still smarting from the recession. The total worth of the Forbes 400 was up 8% to $1.37 trillion, well out-earning ...
In 2010, a Business Insider ethnic-demographic breakdown of the Forbes 400 richest Americans found three gay people, four Asian Indians, six (non-Indian) Asians, and 34 women on the list. [20] American Jews made up as many as 30% of the richest 100, [20] and (in 2009) 139 of the Forbes 400. [21]
But it's not simply a case of the rich getting richer. The Forbes 400 grows more meritocratic over time. An all-time high 70% of this year's list are self-made, up from 55% in 1997.