Record breaking 1,210 billionaires with combined $4.5 trillion in 2011
Forbes Magazine list of billionaires set 2 records in 2011:
1) total number: 1,210 2) combined wealth: $4.5 trillion (equal to Germany's GDP)
Luisa Kroll "The World's Billionaires 2011: Inside The List," Forbes Magazine, March 9, 2011. http://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2011/03/09/the-worlds-billionaire...
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