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Percentage distribution of the number of billionaires worldwide in 2020, by gender and source of wealth
Percentage of billionaires in the world by gender and source of wealth in 2020
The fortunes of billionaires come from different sources, depending on whether they are men or women. In the case of men, more than ** percent of the fortunes were self-made, while the percentage of women who had become billionaires was less than ** percent.
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