| jesteraver |
Holy cow they are even more billionaires now :o 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. |
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