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George Bizos (Greek: Γιώργος Μπίζος; [2] 14 November 1927 – 9 September 2020) was a Greek-South African human rights lawyer who campaigned against apartheid in South Africa. He was noted for representing Nelson Mandela during the Rivonia Trial .
In the 29th annual Forbes list of global billionaires, a record 1,826 billionaires were named with an aggregated net worth of $7.1 trillion compared to $6.4 trillion in the previous year. 46 of the billionaires in this list were under the age of 40. A record number of 290 people joined the list for the first time, of whom 25 percent hailed from ...
That was Brazil's Eike Batista who fell from seventh to 100th. [1] Overall, net gainers outnumbered net losers by 4:1. [2] A record total of 1,426 people made the 2013 list, representing $5.4 trillion of assets. [3] Of those, 442 billionaires hailed from the United States. [1] The Asian-Pacific region had 386 billionaires and Europe 366.
It paid to be a billionaire in 2023—or at least the top 10. The world’s 10 wealthiest people saw a collective increase in their fortunes in 2023 of nearly half a trillion dollars—a whopping ...
There are currently 2,755 billionaires in the world, worth a collective $13.1 trillion, Forbes reported. This small fraction of the population has reached levels of wealth most of us can't even...
Musk’s net worth has ebbed and flowed in recent years. While still an incredible amount of money, the 51-year-old founder of six companies was worth just $24.6 billion in 2020.
[citation needed] The average net worth of those on the list increased from $3.6 billion in 2010 to $3.7 billion. [1] A record 1,210 billionaires made the 2011 list, surpassing the 1,125 people who made the list in 2008. [2] Their combined wealth was $4.5 trillion, up from $3.6 trillion the previous year. [3]
Among the largest gainers from the previous year's list was Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. A rapid rise in the price of Facebook stock saw his net worth soar from $13.3 billion in 2013 to $28.5 billion in 2014. WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum saw his net worth rise from less than a billion