Research
October 26, 2017
Jean-Michel Basquiat's Untitled sold for $110.5 million. Image credit: Sotheby's
By Jen King
After a $300 billion decline to $5.1 trillion in 2015, UBS and PwC report that the total wealth of the world’s billionaires rose 17 percent in 2016 to $6 trillion.
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