Luisa Kroll Quotations

I don't think we're going to have a hundred-billionaire anytime soon.

Somehow, they have been able to skirt that.

While the U.S. still dominates the list, 2006 really belongs to some of the more emerging markets. And no country speaks to that more than India. With its stock market up more than 50 percent in the past 12 months, India is home to 10 new faces.

While the United States still dominates this list, 2006 really belongs to some of the more emerging markets, and no country more than India.

Russia continues to astound. For a long time there were questions about where they got their money ... but now the story is just the enormous wealth that is being created from strong commodities markets there.

The more exciting story is these emerging markets. The U.S. stock market was quite a laggard with only a 1 percent increase.

A billion just isn't what it used to be. There are now 793 billionaires. Three years ago there were only 476.

A billion just isn't what it used to be.