world wealth report

Millionaires are back. The number of individuals worldwide with $1 million or more in assets aside from their residence grew by 8.3% to 10.9 million in 2010, topping pre-crisis 2007 levels, according to the World Wealth Report released Wednesday.

Worry no more: The world's richest people are getting back much of the 24% of their wealth they lost since 2007, according to a new report. The top 10 million high net worth individuals held total financial wealth of $39 trillion in 2009, an 18.9% increase from 2008.

Wealth – and the number of wealthy people – declined over the past year. Unsurprisingly, the worldwide recession that has hammered portfolios has caused the number of millionaires in the world to fall. Those that remain generally aren't as rich as they used to be. Among those dethroned...