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The world's 300 richest people added more than half a trillion dollars to their collective net worth in 2013, according to an index compiled by Bloomberg. The billionaires had a collective net worth of $3.7tn (£2.2tn, €2.7tn) at the market close on 31 …

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has reaffirmed his position as the world's richest man, according to a wealth league table which showed how 2013 proved to be a bonanza year for the planet's billionaires. Despite seeing its long-term rival Apple …

The aggregate net worth of the world's top billionaires stood at $3.7 trillion at the market close on Dec. 31, according to the ranking. The biggest gains came in the technology industry, which soared 28 percent during the year. Of the 300 people who …

NEW YORK – Is it time for Google billionaires Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt to invest in journalism? In 2013, Amazon architect Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post for $250 million and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar announced a new …

Wealth tends to create more wealth, but a rich background is not the only way to the top. Some of the world's wealthiest people started out dirt poor. All from humble beginnings, these 15 people not only climbed to the top of their industries but also …

“It is one of biggest gains we've seen in a really long time – probably in the last decade,” Bloomberg Billionaires Editor Matt Miller tells The Daily Ticker in the accompanying video. Miller points to the easy money policies of central banks, low …

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world's 300 wealthiest individuals, counts the net worth of the world's top billionaires at US$3.7 trillion at the end of 2013, a gain of $524 billion from last year, and—what great news!—“The …