Wealth chart update

Forbes has its latest survey of the Worlds’s billionaires Warren Buffet is back to being the world’s richest man.

2007 2006 2005 2004 Wealth Amount
8 5 3 2 US$30B+ Forbes list (which mainly catches owners
77 67 49 32 US$10B+ of public assets, can underestimate some
203 167 124 102 US$5B+ like CTO of Cisco, who may be billionaire
1125 946 793 691 US$1B+ from cisco stock + large startup positions)
?? 9400 8200 7500 US$160M+ (my own estimate)
?? 95,000 85400 77500 US$30M+ (UHNW, ultra high net worth class)
?? (e)930,000 820000 745000 US$5 to 30M
8.6M 7.8M 7.4M US$1-5M Global number, US number 33% (2.6 million)
?? 9.5M 8.7M 8.2M US$1M+ Global number, US number 33% ( 2.6 million)
?? ~26M ~24M ~22M US$500K-1M doesn’t include primary residence, (estimate)

FURTHER READING:
Sources of wealth for the rich and how much money it takes to be rich