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7 years ago there were no billionaires worth more than $100 billion - today there are 18! (sh.itjust.works)
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Billionaires 7 years ago:

https://web.archive.org/web/20171004002738/https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/

Billionaires today:

https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/

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[-] LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No, thats a good point because its not inflation corrected its just an archived page. A dollar in 2017 is worth 1.28 today. So yes, in today's dollars there would have been 4 people above 100 billion in 2017.

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