Merrill Lynch & Co. report. and consulting firm Capgemini Group, which released the Associated Press, mentioning for the first time since last year, the number of rich people with assets of at least U.S. $ 10 million through 10 million people. The report also said that the coffers of their bank account grow faster.
Wealth of billionaires around the world that grow close to U.S. $ 41 billion in 2007, up 9 percent from a year earlier. That is, the average wealth of over U.S. $ 4 million, the highest of which never happened. In a report published yesterday that the two institutions, the total value of assets that do not include the value of house property.
"The growth exceeded population growth of their wealth, and this is a trend that will continue to happen in the years ahead," said Ileana Van Der Linde from Capgemini.
The fastest growth rate of wealth in developing countries like India, China and Brazil. The number of millionaires in India grew by about 23 percent.
Nevertheless, the United States still controlled the amount of "thick wallets." One out of every three million people living in America is rich. Compared to Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America as one of 10 million.
In other words there is an additional 600 thousand more millionaires worldwide in 2007 than in 2006, with a total of 10.1 million. Which means an increase 6 percent from a year earlier.Although seen large numbers, these rich people only represent less than one-fifth or one percent from 6.7 trillion of world population.
While the superrich with total assets of at least U.S. $ 30 million also become richer. Last year around the world in number 103 thousand, up 9 percent from 2006, and their wealth increased by around 15 percent.
Increase the number of wealthy people of the world until 600 thousand surprising Brian Bethune, Global Insight economic, who said inflation and world economic ekspasi be taken into account in growth.
The report predicts the number of people marsupial thick wealth will reach U.S. $ 60 billion in 2012. Source articles
