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Asia is now home to more billionaires than North America

In the dead and buried year, the total amount of wealth in Asia also shot up by a wonderful degree than any other region in the world.

Wealth in the region stemmed by 49.4 percent in 2017 to $2.3 trillion, well ahead of the get nearer ti of North America’s 22.8 percent and Europe’s 14.9 percent.

The unforeseen surge was led largely by China, which alone saw its billionaire wealth swell by 61 percent to $1.1 trillion.

In all events, India and Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, also saw important gains over the period.

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