Keeping up with the Gateses. A new survey finds there are now 2,473 billionaires in the world, led by Bill Gates ($89.3 billion) and Warren Buffett ($73.5 billion), with Jeff Bezos coming in at a not-shabby fourth place. Nine of the top 10 are in America; quite a few drop out of the billionaire class.
Who Are the Richest of the Rich?There are 2,473 billionaires in the world by a new count, and how they got their money and what they plan to do with it are matters of global importance.
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