Thursday , 28 March 2024

How Many Billionaires Are There? How Much Wealth Do They Control? (+2K Views)

The above is the question Jeff Desjardins (VisualCapitalist.com) put forth and answered in the following infographic* originally entitled 2014 Forbes Billionaire Facts and Figures.
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2014 Billionaire List by Forbes

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*http://www.visualcapitalist.com/2014-forbes-billionaire-facts-figures/ (Copyright © 2014 Visual Capitalist | All rights reserved.)

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One comment

  1. I suggest to one or more of these multi-Billionaires that they hold a Lottery for a Billion dollars in order to welcome some lucky winner into their B-Club and then donate all their proceeds to a list of charities.

    Since these folks know the value of a great idea perhaps they will consider giving me a finders fee…