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most common field of university education was finance and economics, which only contributed to a combined 15.5% of billionaire educations. There is little correlation between any university and becoming a billionaire. The top 10 universities produced just 99 of the top 400 billionaires combined, significantly less than the total number of billionaires who were not college educated. Military service produced 21 billionaires, more than any single university.
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increased by $ 500bn (£350bn) to $ 1.76tn. More recently, in 2017 an Oxfam report noted that just eight billionaires have as much net worth as "half the human race". However, the Oxfam report has been criticized for considering debt as negative wealth, which leads to wealthy people with large amounts
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Billionaires come from a very wide number of backgrounds. A review of the education and work histories of the top 400 billionaires shows little correlation between education and success. Nearly 30% of billionaires do not have a college degree, greatly exceeding any other educational background. The
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Very few college-educated billionaires pursued business interests in their field of study, with the exception of computer science majors. All twelve of the computer science major billionaires worked in computer science, while only half of engineers worked in engineering, and less than a quarter of
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report released in
November 2019, there are currently 2,101 U.S. dollar billionaires worldwide, from 66 countries, with a combined net worth of $ 8.5 trillion. Also according to the report, billionaires have a substantial positive impact on the sustainability and success of companies controlled by
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Different authorities use different methodologies to determine net worth and to rank them, and not all information about personal finances is publicly available. In 2019, Forbes counted a record 607 billionaires in the U.S.. Over the course of the 2020s, depending on the source and the year, the
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are home to 213, 90 and 88 billionaires, respectively. As of 2015, only 46 billionaires were under the age of 40, while the list of
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list of billionaires, with currency figures given in U.S. dollars. Data since 2018 also includes the Wealth-X billionaire census which typically finds higher numbers than
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them. Billionaire-controlled companies listed on the equity market returned 17.8 percent, compared with the 9.1 percent of the
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centibillionaires, meaning that each has had a net worth of at least $ 100 billion.
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of 400 million. In the same period, the wealth of the richest 62 people between
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1525:"Are 26 billionaires worth more than half the planet? The debate, explained"
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1426:"You'd be Surprised How Many Billionaires Don't Have a College Degree"
1034:"Forbes 2017 billionaires list: Meet the richest people on the planet"
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1266:"Inside The 2015 Forbes Billionaires List: Facts And Figures"
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Map of World
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1581:"The Top 10 Richest People In The World (February 2024)"
933:"The Rockefellers: The Legacy Of History's Richest Man"
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Person who has at least one billion units of a currency
1298:"A Record 90 Indians On Forbes Billionaires List 2015"
1698:"Top 15 countries with the most billionaires, ranked"
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List of universities by number of billionaire alumni
1756:"Indian Billionaires 2014: Big Winners, Big Losers"
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explains the future capabilities of his company’s “
2623:Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor
1231:"Behind the Numbers in Forbes' Billionaires List"
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1637:"The Countries with the Most Billionaires 2020"
1555:"The Countries with the Most Billionaires 2021"
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898:Miller, Matthew; Kroll, Luisa (10 March 2010).
858:List of countries by the number of billionaires
203:world's richest person has been reckoned to be
101:a global list of known U.S. dollar billionaires
1607:"A Look at the 10 Richest People in the World"
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2411:Largest corporate profits and losses
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1405:from the original on 24 January 2021
1331:"Brics becoming billionaire factory"
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1116:from the original on 16 January 2017
1080:from the original on 16 January 2017
167:by wealth group, Credit Suisse, 2017
155:by wealth group, Credit Suisse, 2021
2484:Countries by number of billionaires
1788:"Inside The 2013 Billionaires List"
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1460:Forrest, Conner (23 October 2018).
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1820:"Forbes World's Billionaires 2012"
1736:from the original on 14 March 2014
1373:from the original on 25 April 2012
1310:from the original on 2 August 2015
1166:"UBS/PwC Billionaires Report 2019"
1102:Mullany, Gerry (16 January 2017).
1068:Ratcliff, Anna (16 January 2017).
1046:from the original on 13 March 2018
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2133:Primitive accumulation of capital
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1800:from the original on 13 July 2018
1696:Dhiraj, Amarendra (16 May 2019).
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1278:from the original on 28 June 2018
1243:from the original on 26 July 2018
1143:from the original on 25 June 2021
1010:from the original on 8 March 2018
93:. The American business magazine
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1436:from the original on 16 May 2021
1343:from the original on 9 June 2020
1329:Rappeport, Alan (9 March 2011).
976:from the original on 18 May 2018
931:O'Donnell, Carl (11 July 2014).
173:UBS/PwC Billionaires Report 2019
137:Current U.S. dollar billionaires
2680:The Theory of the Leisure Class
2555:Acquired situational narcissism
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253:Ultra high-net-worth individual
91:ultra high-net-worth individual
2494:Countries by wealth inequality
2094:History of economic inequality
1135:Lee, Yoojung (12 April 2021).
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2461:Number of billionaire alumni
2406:Largest companies by revenue
1236:U.S. News & World Report
1196:"Billionaires insights 2018"
833:Bloomberg Billionaires Index
21:Billionaire (disambiguation)
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2089:Consumption distribution
1363:"Real Time Billionaires"
878:The World's Billionaires
275:the World's Billionaires
143:The World's Billionaires
2177:Conspicuous consumption
314:Number of billionaires
55:Air Force Space Command
3266:Distribution of wealth
3240:Billionaire space race
2563:Argumentum ad crumenam
2004:Quotations related to
1948:"World's Billionaires"
828:Billionaire space race
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2545:Diseases of affluence
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2597:Philanthrocapitalism
2509:Most expensive items
2383:Wealthiest Americans
2363:list of billionaires
2062:Capital accumulation
1700:. Business Insider.
265:According to a 2016
79:United States dollar
19:For other uses, see
2658:Greek god of wealth
2569:Prosperity theology
2388:Wealthiest families
2373:Female billionaires
2207:Captain of industry
2182:Conspicuous leisure
2084:Income distribution
2079:Wealth distribution
2074:Economic inequality
1989:". The Big Picture.
1667:"Billionaires 2019"
1531:. 22 January 2019.
185:female billionaires
178:MSCI AC World Index
108:John D. Rockefeller
65:is a person with a
2521:Wealthiest animals
1505:on 29 October 2018
1401:. 3 October 2019.
1139:. Bloomberg News.
1109:The New York Times
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429:$ 8.6–8.7 trillion
317:World's wealthiest
311:known billionaires
309:Combined wealth of
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2236:Millionaire
2202:Billionaire
2160:(old money)
2157:Vieux riche
2151:(new money)
2142:Upper class
2006:Billionaire
1708:25 November
1590:27 February
1564:27 February
1430:fortune.com
1377:8 September
1210:20 December
1180:20 December
873:Millionaire
744:Carlos Slim
711:Carlos Slim
678:Carlos Slim
645:Carlos Slim
459:2,208–2,754
426:2,153–2,604
319:individual
105:oil magnate
71:one billion
63:billionaire
3255:Categories
2717:by country
2666:Superclass
2311:Management
2121:Plutocracy
1836:20 October
1804:20 October
1539:8 November
1120:17 January
1084:16 January
885:References
848:Foundation
777:Bill Gates
612:Bill Gates
579:Bill Gates
546:Bill Gates
513:Jeff Bezos
480:Jeff Bezos
447:Jeff Bezos
414:Jeff Bezos
352:Net worth
282:Statistics
251:See also:
247:Inequality
224:Jeff Bezos
220:Julia Koch
205:Jeff Bezos
141:See also:
3224:By alumni
3195:Rich List
3186:Rich List
3029:By region
2955:Singapore
2860:Indonesia
2850:Hong Kong
2775:Argentina
2550:Affluenza
2441:Charities
2306:Inherited
2301:Geography
2256:Ukrainian
2126:Plutonomy
2116:Overclass
2111:Oligarchy
947:7 January
381:Elon Musk
213:Elon Musk
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