1. There are 12 million millionaires in the world and only 2,325 billionaires.
These people constitute a mere 1% of the worlds population but control
40% of world wealth.
2. 60% of the worlds billionaires made their wealth themselves.
3. The US remains the country with the highest number of billionaires 571
in total. India has 90 billionaires.
4. Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle and 5th richest man in the world, is
allegedly the inspiration for Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark character.
5. Bill Gates earns $250 every second, about US $20 million a day and
US$7.8 billion a year
6. If Bill was a country, he would be the 37th richest country
in the world.
7. Gates is 59 years old. If he lives for another 31 years, he would have
to spend $6 million per day to go broke!
8. If he gives $10 to each person on Earth, he would still have $2.26 billion
left.
9. If you convert all of Bill Gate's money to US$1 notes, you can make a
road from the earth to moon 14 times.
10. Carlo's business empire is so vast that more than 80% of the all people
living in Mexico have bought something from a company he owns.
11. His biggest firm, America Movil, alone accounted for $50 billion of his
total $72 billion net worth in 2010.
13. He built a $70-million museum in the memory of his late wife. The
museum holds 66,000 art pieces worth over $700 million.
14. He loaned $250 million to New York Times, one of the world's best
newspapers.
15. Warren Buffet, the world's 3rd richest man, made $62.7 billion of
his $63.3 billion net worth after his 50th birthday.
16. Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel's net worth was $1.5 billion at the
age of 24, making him the world's youngest billionaire.
17. Mark Zukerberg has taken a pledge to donate 50% of his wealth
over the course of his lifetime.
18. Vladimir putin's watch collection is valued at over $500,00. He
has a palace worth $340 million on an island in the black Sea,
and a yacht worth $44 million
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