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Forbes 2019 List: Number of billionaires in world shrink

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The number of billionaires and their total wealth shrunk in 2018 according to the 2019 Forbes World’s Billionaires list.

Forbes which released the list on Tuesday attributes the shrinking numbers to economic forces and weak stock markets.

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