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World’s Wealthiest Add $45 Billion as Dow Average Reaches 15,000

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The world’s 200 richest people added $44.6 billion to their collective net worth this week as the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 15,000 for the first time.

Alisher Usmanov, 59, whose fortune rose $61.2 million during the week, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, said in an interview at Bloomberg’s Moscow offices that he recently spent about $100 million buying Apple Inc. shares in anticipation they will rise.