In the past 20 years, the number of billionaires has increased from 224 to a huge 2124. This extreme growth has been attributed to the growth of technology, and most of the industrialists investing in technology have reaped billions. In just 2 years, world's best E commerce company Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos has rose from a millionaire to a billionaire.
Bill gates had transformed from a millionaire to billionaire between his ages of 26 to 31, While Warren Buffet had taken 26 years to become a billionaire. Louis Vitton's Bernad Arnold transformed to a billionaire in 21 years, while Facebook the popular social media's founder Mark Zuckerberg, with his social media platform growing leaps and bounds, had become a billionaire in just an year.
The head of Mexico's
leading commerce group Grupo Carso's Carlos Slim had transformed to a
billionaire in 26 years, while Michael Bloomberg achieved it in 21 years.
Googles Sergei Brin and Larry Page achieved the feat in 5 years, while
Mukesh Ambani of reliance group toppled them all, by achieving the billionaire
status in less than 1 year.
