From Microsoft's Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer to Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Not all billion-dollar fortunes are created equal. Some of the world’s richest inherit their vast sums of wealth from their family — others build from scratch.
Of the 30 richest people on earth, 23 fall into the latter camp. Together, their combined net worth eclipses $1 trillion.
That’s according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which recently relaunched and expanded online to include 500 billionaires across the globe.
For the ranking, Business Insider culled data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as of March 1, when the …read more
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