A new infographic put together by All Finance Tax highlights the richest people in the world along with some interesting facts such as. that eight of the ten richest billionaires in the world are Americans, and two of those ten people are women. Most interesting is the fact that most billionaires, such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Larry Ellison, became rich on their own, while only a minority inherited their wealth. For more interesting facts about the richest people in the world, read the article.
It's in the world right now 1286 billionaires and with this capacity you could fill as many as four Boeing 777 airplanes. 197 women, which is a record number, and the share of female billionaires increased by 15 percent in 2015.
1191 billionaires became rich themselves, 230 billionaires inherited their wealth and 405 billionaires inherited part of their wealth, which is now even larger. Eight of the ten richest billionaires in the world are Americans and two of these are women. Most billionaires like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Larry Ellison are rich themselves, meanwhile, only a minority inherited their wealth.
It's in first place Bill Gates, who has climbed there as many as sixteen times in the last twenty-one years. His fortune is estimated at 79 billion US dollars.
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A billionaire Warren Buffett has the most expensive stock of any public company stock in the US. His Class A share is worth 200 thousand US dollars.
Christy Walton she is the richest woman in the world, and she has held that reputation for five years.
More and more billionaires is younger, as in previous years - 46 billionaires are less than forty years old. Three of these come from the company Uber, three from the company Airbnb and two from the company Snapchat.
While the Asia-Pacific region boasts the most billionaires, America is becoming the largest and most convenient region for billionaires – strong technological development and a stable US dollar contributed to this.
Check out the infographic about the richest people/billionaires in the world in the gallery.
Adapted and adapted from:
www.businessinsider.com
