Number of Billionaires in South Korea Increases

The global recession of the last three years has treated the richest 0.0000000001% of the world's population very well.  Forbe's list of the world's billionaires was released last week and the number of billionaires in the world increased to 1,210 from 937 last year.  The billionaire's club now has a combined net worth of $4.5 trillion.

The number of billionaires in South Korea jumped up as well.  Forbe's list of billionaires in 2010 only listed ten South Koreans as having a net worth of $1,000,000,000 US Dollars.  That number increased to sixteen this year.  The richest man in South Korea is Lee Kun-hee (이건희), Chairman of Samsung Electronics, with a respectable $8.6 billion.

Here they are:

Anyone else surprised by how many billionaires there are from online gaming?  I am, but maybe I shouldn't be.
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