# The top 1% - the World over... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 6, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-1-the-world-over/545680 "2010-07-06T05:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 110
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2010, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-1-the-world-over/545680/110 "2010-07-08T11:11:35Z")
The point I’m slowly getting around to making, is that “the general public” know more about the lives of some talentless soap-star than they know about the average billionaire. I don’t give a shit if they are modest and humble and want to stay out of the limelight… I want to be able to find out what they are up to with a few taps on my keyboard. Here’s a little list:- [Countries with the most billionaires](http://www.aneki.com/billionaires.html). We’ve named 3 of them, how many more can we account for? [DEL]Bill Gates[/DEL] [DEL]Terry Matthews[/DEL] [DEL]Warren Buffet[/DEL] I think that’s 340 to go. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-top-1-the-world-over/545680)._