Forbes: Billionaires are richer; Russia, India on rise

Steve Forbes says, "this is the richest year ever in human history." Forbes magazine's 2007 billionaires list possessed younger, richer, and more Russians and Indians than ever before. The richest man for the 13th consecutive year was obviously Bill Gates. The United States is still the number 1 richest country, followed by Germany, then surprisingly, Russia was the 3rd ranked. The total worth of the Russians surpassed the Germans and the average age of the Russian billionaires was 46. In Asia, India had more billionaires than Japan, knocking Japan out of its 2 decade regional top spot. 178 billionaires and 53 nations made the list. Of those 178 billionaires, 83 were women.