In 1985, the combined wealth of the Forbes 400 was $238 billion, adjusted for inflation.

The combined wealth of those listed in 2008 exceeded $100 billion, but in 2009, they amounted to little more than $ 30 billion.

The furnishings alone m just one of the many rooms they passed would have exceeded the combined wealth of the entire Holding.

Fortune magazine reported late last year that the two men owned the entire winery business and that their combined wealth was $1.3 billion.

Yet the EU's budget is small, just 1 per cent of the combined gross wealth of the countries in the union.

There are 42 women on the Forbes 400 in 2010, with a combined net wealth of $154 billion.

The combined wealth of the "10 million dollar millionaires" grew to nearly $41 trillion in 2008.

The richest 1% of the American population owns as much as the combined wealth of the bottom 90%, or perhaps even more.

They did not appear on the list in 2010, yet returned in 2011 with an estimated combined net wealth of A$26m.

There was also speculation that the combined wealth of the ownership group was among the highest in the majors at the time.