The World’s Billionaires 2012. Record Numbers, Record Wealth: 128 new billionaires made their debut this year, while 117 dropped out of the ranks. The net result is a record 1,226 billionaires, including the creators of Spanx, Under Armour and 5-Hour Energy. A quarter century ago Forbes published our first annual list of the World’s Billionaires—and we found 140. This year the list broke records for the most number of billionaires (1,226) and combined net worth, at $4.6 trillion, up from $4.5 trillion.
Behind those numbers is a more complicated story of rapid change among the world’s wealthiest. There are now billionaires from 58 countries. [Also from Forbes.com: Full Gallery: The World’s Billionaires] Carlos Slim Helú of Mexico tops the ranks for the third year in a row, but the gap between him and Bill Gates is tightening again. Meanwhile Gates, whose foundation helped wipe out polio in India, was $5 billion richer at $61 billion as Microsoft shares hit a ten-year high. REUTERS/ Stringer 1. 2. AP Photo/Richard Drew. Forbes Top ten Billionaire's list of 2012.
Forbes Top Ten Billionaire's list of 2012. Rise of the Tech Age & the social network of the Web Today's technological age has sprang fourth rise to a great deal of change, and mostly on all economic levels. The entire global economy took a huge dump back in 2008, and just four years later we've been through some serious struggles worldwide, but the best is yet to come, even though the worst may not be over yet. The occupy movement came and seems to be panning out a bit worldwide, the stock markets, housing markets, health care system, and many others social programs have been highly unstable, and many have been dropping out of existence all together.
Now due to our amazing online cyber life today, and the social networking wars that's been brewing up over recent years, has brought fourth rise to a great deal of new billionaires to join the ranks. Who knows what the future holds for us, but one things for certain the rise to the top of the Sara Blakely the World's youngest self made female Billionaire.
Forbes list of billionaires. The World's Billionaires is an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people, compiled and published by the American business magazine Forbes in March. The total net worth of each individual on the list is estimated, in United States dollars, based on their assets and accounting for debt. Royalty and dictators whose wealth comes from their positions are excluded from these lists.[1] The list has been published each year in March since 1987.[2] Microsoft founder Bill Gates has topped the list 16 of the past 21 years, including the 2015 list. In 2015, there was a record of 1,826 people on the list that included a record 290 newcomers with 71 from China, 57 from the US, 28 from India and Germany with 23. People under 40 had 46 join the list. A record of 197 women were on the list.[3] The average net worth of list came in at $3.86 billion, down $60 million from 2014.
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