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title: ""Last year, more than 2,000 people on earth were worth $1 billion or…"
date: 2013-02-18
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# "Last year, more than 2,000 people on earth were worth $1 billion or…

*February 18, 2013 · Facebook*

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[http://www.cntraveler.com/features/2013/03/how-the-one-percent-travels-luxury-vacations](http://www.cntraveler.com/features/2013/03/how-the-one-percent-travels-luxury-vacations){target="_blank"}
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\"Last year, more than 2,000 people on earth were worth \$1 billion or more, 185 more than in 2011, according to the global research firm WealthX. And that's just the really big bucks. Lower the bar to include people worth \$30 million or more---ultra-high-net-worth individuals, as they're now called---and there are 187,000 worldwide.\"\
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[http://www.cntraveler.com/features/2013/03/how-the-one-percent-travels-luxury-vacations?intcid=trail_gl](http://www.cntraveler.com/features/2013/03/how-the-one-percent-travels-luxury-vacations?intcid=trail_gl){target="_blank"}
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