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		the_duke on Nov 12, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Lost World of Shipwrecks Is Found Most rich people just want to stay anonymous and protect their privacy. Most billionaires you have never and will never hear about.

chinathrow on Nov 12, 2016 | [–]

Most? Is there any data to back this up?

icushman on Nov 12, 2016 | | [–]

There are over 1,500 billionaires.

the_duke on Nov 15, 2016 | | | [–]

And those are only the ones that can be guessed to be billionaires based on their publicly known assets.

There are probably quite a few more which don't own big stakes in companies and are hidden behind financial webs.

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