Carlos Slim, not slim.
Forbes magazine just published their 2011 Billionaires List. This is what it says, in summary:
- Mexican magnate Carlos Slim is still #1, with $74bn. He has $20.5bn more than he did last year;
- 200 new billionaires joined the list, bringing the total number of billionaires to 1,210;
- 6 billionaires are connected to Facebook;
- Youngest billionaire is Dustin Moskovitz, Facebook co-founder. He’s 8 days younger than Mark Zuckerberg;
- The billionaire with the biggest drop is Ingvar Kamprad, Ikea founder. He lost $17bn and is now down to $6bn. Went from #11 to #162 in one year;
- Collective wealth of all billionaires on the list: $4.5 trillion;
- The US has 413 billionaires, while Asia has 332 and Europe 300. China and Russia have 115 and 101, respectively;
- Moscow is home to 79 billionaires, the highest density of billionaires in the world.
