Surprising Billionaire Stats: How Do Different Countries Stack Up?

Some Interesting Facts

Courtesy Rediffnews (extracts only)

1. The world has about 1040 billionaires (i.e., with a net worth of 1 billion dollars or more). 40% of these are Americans, 36 are Indians (3.5%), and 24 are Japanese (2.3%). Last year, there were 892 billionaires, out of which 22 were Indians.

2. Lakshmi Mittal is in 5th place on the list with a net worth of $32 billion. Mukesh and Anil Ambani are the other two Indians in the top twenty. India has the second-largest number in the top twenty, after Americans.

3. Ingenuity, and not industry, is a common characteristic of billionaires.

4. Among those on the list worldwide, 62% made their huge fortune from scratch.

5. The richest Chinese is ranked 390th in the world.

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Just giving more meaning to your facts,

The people who are on the list are the ones who had a dream and began only with a dream. "A dream has the power to transform imagination into reality."

But with these facts, don't mistake that money means success. For money is the result of success and not success itself. Different dreams have different products ranging from satisfaction, reputation, money to another dream. "Define what success is to you, or you would seldom achieve it."

To finish it up, "the most valuable things in the world are often priceless not price-less."