746

According to Forbes, there are 746 billionaires in the world. That's quite a lot, and more than I thought there would be as I was waiting for the story to load. The article doesn't include their collective net worth,but the top ten clock in at a cool $275.4 billion — more than the GNP of all but 17 countries.

I was surprised to see whose name was at the bottom of the list, tied for 746th place with $1 billion even — Jerry Zucker from SC. I'm pretty sure he's the only person on this list that I have ever met. Not the most exciting "brush with fame", but it's all I got in the billionaire department.