Asia Pacific Uber Rich Suffer A Lot In 2008, But Roar Back Quickly

We have blogged earlier about the fascinating results of the 2008 Capgemini Merrill Lynch Global Wealth report, where high net worth individuals (HNWIs – net assets greater than US$1 million) and ultra-high net worth individuals (Ultra HNWIs – net assets greater than US$30 million), the uber-rich of the world, lost a cool $8 trillion of wealth from 2007 to 2008...

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10 Million Wealthy Folks Own An Astounding $40 Trillion!

The recently released 12th annual World Wealth Report co-authored by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch has some amazing findings:

The number of global high net worth individuals (HNWIs, with wealth greater than $1 million) rose 6% in 2007 to 10.1 million, and the number of ultra high net worth individuals (Ultra-HNWIs, with wealth greater than $30 million) increased by 8.8%. For the first time in the history of this report, the average assets held by HNWIs exceeded US$4 million. The combined assets of HNWIs now exceeds $40 trillion!...

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