[h=1]Warren Buffett made $37 million a day in 2013[/h] [h=2]Billionaires who made the biggest financial gains in 2013[/h]
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There’s good reason why Warren Buffett is widely viewed as one of the most successful investors in the world. This past year, the Oracle of Omaha made about $37 million a day, topping a list of billionaires who made the biggest financial gains in 2013, a new study shows.
The legendary billionaire and philanthropist finished 2013 with a net worth of $59.1 billion, up from $46.4 billion at the beginning of the year, according to a wealth-analysis study by Wealth-X and UBS. The number of billionaires in the world grew between July 2012 and June 2013 with total wealth rising by 5.3%. Since the market’s March 2009 lows in the wake of the global financial crisis, billionaires have seen their total wealth more than double from $3.1 trillion to $6.5 trillion.
Despite Buffett’s monster gain, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is still the wealthiest billionaire in the world, ending the year with total net worth of $72.6 billion.
Highlights from the report:
—There are 2,170 billionaires in the world with a combined net worth of more than $6.5 trillion.
—There are four billionaires whose net worth tops $50 billion: Bill Gates, Carlos Slim, Amancio Ortego and Warren Buffett.
—The U.S. accounts for 34% of the combined net worth of world’s billionaires.
—The U.S. remains the billionaire capital of the world with three times more billionaires than China.
Here are the top 10 gainers of 2013:
—Michelle Coffey
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There’s good reason why Warren Buffett is widely viewed as one of the most successful investors in the world. This past year, the Oracle of Omaha made about $37 million a day, topping a list of billionaires who made the biggest financial gains in 2013, a new study shows.
The legendary billionaire and philanthropist finished 2013 with a net worth of $59.1 billion, up from $46.4 billion at the beginning of the year, according to a wealth-analysis study by Wealth-X and UBS. The number of billionaires in the world grew between July 2012 and June 2013 with total wealth rising by 5.3%. Since the market’s March 2009 lows in the wake of the global financial crisis, billionaires have seen their total wealth more than double from $3.1 trillion to $6.5 trillion.
Despite Buffett’s monster gain, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is still the wealthiest billionaire in the world, ending the year with total net worth of $72.6 billion.
Highlights from the report:
—There are 2,170 billionaires in the world with a combined net worth of more than $6.5 trillion.
—There are four billionaires whose net worth tops $50 billion: Bill Gates, Carlos Slim, Amancio Ortego and Warren Buffett.
—The U.S. accounts for 34% of the combined net worth of world’s billionaires.
—The U.S. remains the billionaire capital of the world with three times more billionaires than China.
Here are the top 10 gainers of 2013:
—Michelle Coffey
