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08 September 2008 @ 04:37 pm

"The top one percent of all households owned 35 percent of the world's wealth last year. Meanwhile, the top 0.001 percent, ultra-rich households holding at least $5 million in assets, commanded $21 trillion - a fifth of the world's wealth."
According to a new report, the world's rich are getting richer, especially in Asia and the Middle East. In b4 oil wankery.
 
 
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13 August 2008 @ 03:25 am
The Forbes current list of the 20 richest humans on earth.

4 of the top 10 are Indians, including the feuding Ambani brothers. One of the Ambani brothers is the richest man in all of Asia. Another Indian in the top ten, steel king Lakshmi Mittal in London, is the richest man in all of Europe.

Only one in the top 20 is a woman (Lilane Bettencourt of the L'Oreal empire).

At least 1 out of them are high school dropouts. 4 are college or university dropouts, including Microsoft's Bill Gates and Oracle's Lawrence Ellison.