Holy cow they are even more billionaires now 942 billionaires whoa.

2006: 793 ($2.6 trillion)
2007: 942 ($3.5 trillion)

Thats a pretty big rise in one year.

Amount of Billionaires in the world (2007)
1. USA (448)
2. Germany (55)
3. Russia (53)

The List

quote:

There were 178 newcomers, including 19 Russians, 14 Indians, 13 Chinese and 10 Spaniards, as well as the first billionaires from Cyprus, Oman, Romania and Serbia.

(Courtesy of Forbes)

It's insane how many people in Russia are becoming millionaires and even billionaires.

GDP (nominal) from IMF at little over $41 trillion

So these 943 people control 8.5% of the GDP (nominal) pretty much.

Last edited by jester on Mar-09-2007 at 03:22