The commodities rout, equity market mayhem and global economic uncertainty have dented the wealth of many of the world's richest. This past year 221 billionaires got knocked off our list; not since 2009-when the credit crisis exiled 355 from the three-comma club-have so many fallen in one year. China lost the most-42-followed by the U.S., which had 25 new ex-billionaires. Brazil lost 23 billionaires, while 19 Russians and 15 from India got the boot-giving a whole new meaning to the term "BRIC economy."
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