A cliche perhaps, but it's true: The rich just keep getting richer. And there are more of them. That's why we decided again to limit our list of the world's billionaires to the richest 200 who are still earning it -- or are working with what they've inherited. The poorest is worth $1.5 billion. No coupon clippers allowed.

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Reported by: Jay Akasie, Katherine Bruce, Ashlea Ebeling, John Gorman, Stephan Herrera, Peter Kafka, Naazeen Karmali, Paul Klebnikov, Luisa Kroll, Dolores Lataniotis, Philippe Mao, Kazumi Miyazawa, Katarzyna Moreno, Shailaja Neelakantan, Peter Newcomb, Juliette Rossant, Dolly Setton, Carrie Shook, Cristina von Zeppelin, Caroline Waxler and Neil Weinberg. Additional Research by Cynthia Crystal and Nicholas Costalas.