Interesting facts and figures from the 2014 Forbes list ... Bashny.Net

1. Who is walking around the world in 1645 billionaires.
2. Their total capital equal to 6, $ 4 trillion. For comparison, a year ago, it was less than a trillion. And when they had?
3. From 1645 people, 268 - beginners. Welcome.
4. Of the newcomers, 42 people - women. And it's a new record. In total, around 172 women list. This is more than ever before, but that there still will be.
5. Our mutual friend, Bill Gates with a fortune of nearly $ 80 billion once again topped the list. Are you bored? Hardly. After all, he won first place in the ranking for 15 of the last 20 years.
6. On the second place was pushed former leader, telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico. He headed the list for four years.
7. Spanish clothing retailer Ormansio Arteaga for two years in a row was in second place. He is now in third. You know him, for example, by brand Zara.
8. In order to get into the top 20 this year, it was necessary to have a state of not less than $ 30 billion. Last year, the threshold was significantly lower - just $ 23 billion.
9. The largest increase found billions of Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook CEO of the state increased by 15, 2 billion (more than double compared to the previous year). The reason for this is called the transition to the IPO, but shares rise of social networks would not help Mark get into the top 20.
10. Co-founder of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg appeared on the list for the first time.
11. Due to the sale of the service WhatsApp in the ranks of billionaires were also its founders Jan and Brian Acton Qom.
12. Of the 268 newcomers to the list, only 26 are related to computer technology. And ten of them live in the United States.
13. The list of countries that have grown billionaires, of course, leading the United States. They won 492 wealthy. For the US followed by China with 152 magnates, followed by Russia. We are hiding somewhere 111 billionaires.
14. For the first time in this year's billionaires emerged in Algeria, Lithuania, Tanzania and Uganda. A Aliko Dangote, a billionaire Nigerian marketing sugar and cement, was even in the top 25.
15. Approximately ⅔ of billionaires from scratch created their state. 13% have inherited them from successful parents, and 21% were victims of luck.
16. In Turkey, 19 billionaires became smaller because of high inflation. This anti-record of the year.
17 A total of 100 billionaires list left. At the same time, 16 of them died (died first, and then left - it's just in case).