For the first time ever there are now more than 2,000 billionaires in the world (2,089 to be precise).
Where do all these stupidly rich people live? According to the 2015 Hurun Global Rich List India has for the first time surpassed Britain and Russia in terms of the number of residents with at least $1,000,000,000 (£656 million) in the bank.
The list also revealed that Microsoft founder Bill Gates is still the richest human alive, with a reported wealth of $85 billion, with Mexico’s Carlos Slim Helu a close second with $83 billion.
In all 2,089 billionaires 40 people listed were under the age of forty, with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 30, being placed as the seventh richest man in the world.
Snapchat founders Evan Spiegel, 24, and Bobby Murphy, 26, have also found themselves to be the youngest billionaires on the list.
Of course even the super rich are still slaves to a fickle economy, and the crash of the Rouble saw several Russians drop out of the list this year.
Rupert Hoogewerf, who founded the list under his Chinese name Hurun, said: ‘Tech has been leading the way again for new billionaires. It’s all eyes on the new economy.’
Despite the richest amongst us apparently getting even richer, the list did highlight some widespread inequalities within the global society.
Only 279 women made the list, and the USA and China by far contain the most billionaires.
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