During 2009 there were over 10 million millionaires throughout the world, holding together assets worth over $39 billion, while in Israel there were 8,419 millionaires.
The climb is due to a 40 percent rise in the number of financial share holders in Israel's stock market, and in a 15.5 percent rise in real estate prices.
This is the 14th year in which Meryll Lynch has published a report on the world's millionaires, which they define as someone who has over $1 million in liquid and available assets, not including real estate investments. The report defines a multi-millionaire as someone whose fortune amounts to $30 million or more.
