Forbes billionaire list: Trump loses $1bn as elite club gets 233 new members
by Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent from on (#2GEVR)
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US president Donald Trump's fortune has fallen by about $1bn to $3.5bn over the past year, as measured by Forbes magazine in its annual list of the world's billionaires.
However, overall it has been a good 12 months for the world's wealthiest individuals, with a record 233 moving into the billionaire bracket, taking the global number of people with nine-zero fortunes to 2,043 - the most in the 31-year history of the list.
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