Most expensive billionaire luxury asset acquisitions

10 Most Expensive Luxury Asset Acquisitions Of All-Time list compiled by Wealth-X shows that luxury yachts are the most popular luxury asset acquisition. Eight of the 10 billionaires in the list own these luxury vessels. According to the ultra high net worth (UHNW) intelligence provider, billionaires from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison to Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov have … Read more

Asia – home of the largest proportion of super-rich

Asia has the world’s most billionaires Carlos Slim (73) – ranked as the “Richest Man on the Planet” On its 2013 list, Hurun Report, a monthly magazine best known for its “China Rich List“, a ranking of the wealthiest individuals in China, has ranked 1453 individuals with personal wealth of US$1 billion or more. Real … Read more

World’s billionaires in 2012 – U.S. is still home to more billionaires than any other country

Forbes began the pursuit of the world’s billionaires 25 years ago. The first cut yielded 140 names. This year the magazine have counted an all-time high 1,226 billionaires worth a record $4.6 trillion. Carlos Slim tops Forbes billionaires list at $69 billion. There are now billionaires from 58 countries. The U.S. is still home to … Read more