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There are more billionaires than ever before

Being a billionaire is now a more humdrum affair than ever before. The once rarefied cadre of humans with a net worth eclipsing $1 billion ballooned to 2,473 in 2015 — a new record, according to wealth information and insight firm Wealth-X, which released its annual Billionaire Census Monday.