{"id":15659,"date":"2013-07-19T11:13:46","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T16:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/chart-of-the-week-keeping-track-of-the-worlds-richest-people\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:30:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:30:25","slug":"chart-of-the-week-keeping-track-of-the-worlds-richest-people","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/07\/19\/chart-of-the-week-keeping-track-of-the-worlds-richest-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Chart of the Week: Keeping track of the world\u2019s richest people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/billionaires\/2013-07-17\/aaa\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-248849\" alt=\"billionaires\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/07\/billionaires.png\" width=\"1012\" height=\"437\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;ve ever woken up wondering &#8220;Is Bill Gates or Carlos Slim the world&#8217;s\u00a0richest person today?&#8221;, Bloomberg&#8217;s new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/billionaires\/2013-07-17\/aaa\">visualization of data on the 100 richest billionaires<\/a>\u00a0is for you.<!--more--><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The screenshot, taken from Thursday&#8217;s version, shows the 20 richest individuals in the world in real-time. But along with each billi0naire&#8217;s net worth and occasionally amusing cartoon heads, Bloomberg&#8217;s visualization has many nifty tools: You can sort and rank the billionaires by age (#73 Mark Zuckerberg is the only one under 30), gender (only 11 women make the list), industry and citizenship. It&#8217;s also updated daily, providing plenty of chances to play Fantasy Billionaire Bingo.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also see whether each billionaire&#8217;s wealth was primarily inherited or self-made. 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