There is a tiny new elite at the frontier of money-making and they are known as the centibillionaires. These titans of the universe have personal assets of at least $100bn, and there are now 14 of them in the world – up from six last year. You will find them listed, compared and celebrated by the Bloomberg billionaires index and the Forbes world’s billionaires list, which has just been published.
Thanks to these annual tallies of the superwealthy, we know that 2,781 people worldwide – 141 more than last year – have personal wealth of $1bn or more. And
