This year, Forbes verified 1,125 billionaires across the world with the US having the most and Russia pulling into second place. For the first time, the list went into the four figures with 226 new billionaires. The Billionaire’s List gives insight into the world economy and can show dominance and growth of markets across the world. The figure is based on net worth and was taken from the closing stock prices on February 11, 2008.