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Davos Billionaires Keep Getting Richer

The world’s elite have prospered since the financial crash.

Davos Town Ahead Of The World Economic Forum 2012 — Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg

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Tom Metcalf and

January 20, 2019, 6:00 AM UTCUpdated onJanuary 21, 2019, 9:00 AM UTC

The global elite descending on Davos are richer than ever.

A decade after the financial crisis poured flat champagne on the World Economic Forum, gold-collar executives set to gather there this week have bounced back, and then some.