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Who’s Who in the Billionaire World

March 10, 2006 | Posted by Allison as Chasing the Greenbacks at 12:10 pm | (1) Comment »

Today Forbes came out with the 2006 list of Billionaires.  I kept looking for my name, hoping, searching, getting worried, anxious, wishing- but alas, I could not find it on the 2006 list, there’s always next year. 

The list is up 102 from last year, with 793 billionaires listed, I’m sure the NAGG’s are already on the case.  The fortunate who made it on this year’s list are worth a combined $2.6 trillion, up 18% since last March.  Wow, think of all the people we could feed with that load of cash.

India is home to 10 new billionaires this year, more than any other country besides the US.  Newcomers include India’s biggest real estate developer, Kushal Pal Sigh & the liquor tycoon behind Kingfisher beer, Vijay Mallya.

China now has eight billionaires to call their own, doubling last year’s total.  Solor power mogul Zhengrong Shi joins the list at $2.2 billion.

You go girl!  Seventy-eight women made the list with Oprah Winfrey (of course), Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling & eBay’s Meg Whitman.

Who’s at the top of the list this year?  As if you have to ask.  Don’t worry, Microsoft god  Bill Gates rests high above us all at $50 billion.