I thought some of you might find the following quote interesting:

The gap between the super-rich and the poorest half of the global population is starker than previously thought, with just eight men, including Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg, owning as much wealth as 3.6 billion people, according to an analysis by Oxfam released Monday.


A report last year said the richest 62 people on the planet in 2015 owned as much wealth as the poorest half of the population. Oxfam has since revised that figure down to eight.


According to the Forbes list, Microsoft founder Gates is the richest individual with a net worth of $75 billion. The others, in order of ranking, are Amancio Ortega, the Spanish founder of fashion house Inditex; financier Warren Buffett; Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim Helu; Amazon boss Jeff Bezos; Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg; Oracle's Larry Ellison; and Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York.