Asia has the most billionaires in the world

There are more billionaires in Asia than in other continents, followed by North America and Europe, the Chinese magazine "Hurun Report" published today the results of a study on the rich.
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Ažurirano: 28.02.2013. 18:32h

In January, there were a total of 1.453 rich people in the world whose wealth exceeded one billion dollars, according to the Chinese magazine about the rich "Hurun Report". According to this newspaper, 608 billionaires live in Asia, 440 in North America and 324 in Europe.

Among individual countries, the United States of America and China dominate in terms of the number of billionaires with 408 and 317 citizens on the list, followed by Russia, Germany and India.

Mexican telecom owner Carlos Slim, 73, is listed as "the richest man on the planet, with a fortune of $66 billion. Slim also topped Forbes' list of the richest people last year.

American investor Warren Buffett and Spain's Amencio Ortega, founder of the Zara brand, are second and third on Harun Report's list with fortunes of $58 billion and $55 billion, respectively.

It is estimated that the total wealth of the world's dollar billionaires is 5,5 trillion (one thousand billion), which is approximately the value of Japan's economy last year.

Last year saw a jump in the value of private sector wealth, the report said, adding that the net worth of the 10 richest people on the list grew by 22 percent in a year, or $250 million a day.

Real estate, telecommunications, media, technology and retail were the most common sources of wealth, according to the "Harun Report".

Rupert Hugeverf, president and chief researcher of the "Harun Report", says the actual number of billionaires in the world could be three times higher because many of the super-rich hide their wealth.

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