To give greater perspective on the rarity of true wealth, here are figures from the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook (2014)
https://publications.credit-suisse.c...41B58C5EA591A4 . Refer to page 26. These are the number of "high net worth" individuals in the world:
1,391,200 individuals have a net worth of USD $10 - $50 million
128,200 individuals have a net worth over USD $50 million
There are only about 1.5 million people on earth that have $10 million or more. Note that there are 7000 million people on earth.
But there are over 30 million with net worths of $1 million or more:
30,785,900 individuals have a net worth of USD $1 - $5 million
2,532,800 individuals have a net worth of USD $5 - $10 million