User: Brian Ripley: Whale Watching: Billionaire Census 2014

Billionaire Census 2014

The Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census 2014 
Record number of billionaires (now): 2325 
Billionaires combined net worth: 7.3 trillion 
New billionaires since 2013: 155 
New billionaire growth since 2013: 7.1% 
Billionaires in Europe: 775 
Billionaires in U.S.: 609 
Billionaires in Asia: 560 
Billionaires in Middle East: 154 
Billionaires in Latin American: 153 
Billionaires in Africa: 40 
Billionaires in Pacific: 34 
Average time to become a billionaire: 45 years 
Self-made billionaires: 55% 
Inherited/Self-made billionaires: 26% 
Inherited billionaires: 19% 
Billionaires with university degree: 65% 
Billionaires in private companies: 63% 
Billionaires in public companies: 31% 
Billionaires with over $50b: 4 
Billionaires with $25-50b: 16 
Billionaires with $10-25b: 88 
Billionaires with $5-10b: 169 
Billionaires with $2-5b: 732 
Billionaires with $1-2b: 1316 
Average billionaire cash holding: $600m 
Philanthropic donations by a billionaire: more than $100m 
Real estate held by a billionaire: less than $100m

Comments

ZirqphiZirqphi
How many are lonely women? 10/10/14
mrmik3mrmik3
every era of fraud will produce more billionaires than ever before!!... same as it ever was!! 10/10/14
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