Being a billionaire is now a more humdrum affair than ever before. The once rarefied cadre of humans with a net worth eclipsing $1 billion ballooned to 2,473 in 2015 — a new record, according to wealth information and insight firm Wealth-X, which released its annual Billionaire Census Monday. Though the three-comma club is becoming more crowded, there's still only one billionaire in the world for every 2.95 million people. Wealth-X also found that the richest people on earth are richer than ever before. The combined net worth of all billionaires increased 5.3% to $7.7 trillion — larger than the GDP of France, the United Kingdom, ... (Read the full story)
