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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 ...
The list estimated the net worth of the world's richest people, excluding royalty and dictators, as of February 14, 2013. It was released online on March 3, 2013 and published in the March 25 print edition of Forbes .
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[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
The list average was a net worth of $3.7 billion. [ 2 ] To coincide with the release of the 2012 list, Forbes announced a new "Billionaire Real-Time Ticker" updating the wealth of the world's top fifty billionaires in real time.
The combined net worth of the list was $3.6 trillion, up 50% from 2009's $2.4 trillion, while the average net worth was $3.5 billion. [1] The United States accounted for 38% of the lists, down from 44% the year prior. [2]