Number of World’s Billionaires dropped from 1,125 to 793

According to Forbes the total number of billionaires around the world dropped from 1,125 in 2008 to 793, that’s like 30% drop, I wonder how it’s going to look like next year.

Look at the amount of money some of them lost, Bill Gates lost $18 billion and went up from 3rd to 1st, Warren Buffett lost his number one spot after losing almost have of his fortune, same goes for Carlos Slim Helu who dropped from 2nd to 3rd.

Top Countries:
1. USA with 68 billionaires
2. Germany with 54 billionaires
3. Russia with 34 billionaires
4. China with 28 billionaires
5. UK with 25 billionaires
6. India with 24 billionaires
7. Canada with 20 billionaires

Arab Countries:
1. Saudi Arabia with 14 billionaires
2. UAE with 6 billionaires
3. Kuwait with 4 billionaires
4. Egypt with 3 billionaires
4. Lebanon with 3 billionaires

Top 25 Billionaires:
1. William Gates III $40 Billion
2. Warren Buffett $37 Billion
3. Carlos Slim Helu & family $35 Billion
4. Lawrence Ellison $22.5 Billion
5. Ingvar Kamprad & family $22 Billion
6. Karl Albrecht $21.5 Billion
7. Mukesh Ambani $19.5 Billion
8. Lakshmi Mittal $19.3 Billion
9. Theo Albrecht $18.8 Billion
10. Amancio Ortega $18.3 Billion
11. Jim Walton $17.8 Billion
12. Alice Walton $17.6 Billion
12. Christy Walton & family $17.6 Billion
12. S Robson Walton $17.6 Billion
15. Bernard Arnault $16.5 Billion
16. Li Ka-shing $16.2 Billion
17. Michael Bloomberg $16 Billion
18. Stefan Persson $14.5 Billion
19. Charles Koch $14 Billion
19. David Koch $14 Billion
21. Liliane Bettencourt $13.4 Billion
22. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $13.3 Billion
23. Michael Otto & family $13.2 Billion
24. David Thomson & family $13 Billion
25. Michael Dell $12.3 Billion

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