Forbes released its infamous billionaire rankings this week, and it points to a trend away from America dominating the list to new countries making appearances.
In the economic version of an Olympic medal count, countries outside the U.S., EU, and BRIC states are finally making a showing.
Here we’ve profiled the top 20 billionaires from our MAVINS list, which includes Mexico, Australia, Indonesia, Nigeria, and South Africa. Unfortunately, Vietnam had no appearances.
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