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Billionaire’s Paradise: The World’s Wealthiest People in 2015
Billionaire’s Paradise: The World’s Wealthiest People in 2015
The landscape of global billionaires is changing for the better.
In this year’s list of the super wealthy, more women (up 15% to 197) have made the list than last year’s. In addition, some very young tech founders have cracked the list including personnel from Uber, Airbnb and Snapchat. There are now 46 billionaires on the list under the age of 40.
Also important is that the majority of billionaires on this list are self-made. Of 1,826 billionaires, over 65% of them (1,191) were self-made, while only 12.6% (230) inherited all of their wealth directly.
The top of the list itself remains very familiar. Bill Gates, despite stepping down as CEO of Microsoft in 2000, still has the largest fortune with $79.2 billion. He has topped the rankings for 16 of the last 21 years.
Carlos Slim and Warren Buffett round out the top three, with fortunes of $77.1B and $72.7B respectively.
Original graphic from: All Finance Tax
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Visualizing All of the U.S. Currency in Circulation
This graphic illustrates the amount of U.S. currency in circulation globally, by denomination, based on data from the Federal Reserve.
Visualizing All of the U.S. Currency in Circulation
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Have you ever wondered how much U.S. currency is in circulation?
Every year, the U.S. Federal Reserve submits a print order for U.S. currency to the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). The BEP will then print billions of notes in various denominations, from $1 bills to $100 bills.
In this graphic, we’ve used the latest Federal Reserve data to visualize the approximate number of bills for each denomination globally, as of Dec. 31, 2022.
Breakdown of U.S. Currency in Circulation
The following table lists all of the data we used to create the visualization above. Note that value figures were rounded for simplicity.
Type of Bill | Number of notes in circulation (billions) | Value ($B) |
---|---|---|
$1 | 14.3 | $14B |
$2 | 1.5 | $3B |
$5 | 3.5 | $18B |
$10 | 2.3 | $23B |
$20 | 11.5 | $230B |
$50 | 2.5 | $125B |
$100 | 18.5 | $1,850B |
$500-10,000* | 0.0004 | n/a |
*$500-10,000 bills are listed as a range, and a total circulation of 0.0004 billion. Not included in graphic.
From these numbers, we can see that $100 bills are the most common bill in circulation, even ahead of $1 bills.
One reason for this is $100 bills have a longer lifespan than smaller denominations, due to people using $100 bills less often for transactions. Some businesses may also decline $100 bills as payment.
Based on 2018 estimates from the Federal Reserve, a $100 bill has a lifespan of over 20 years, which is significantly higher than $1 bills (7 years) and $5 bills (5 years).
If you’re interested in more visualizations on the U.S. dollar, consider this animated chart which shows how the dollar overtook the British pound as the world’s most prominent reserve currency.
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