15 ways things have changed for billionaires in the past year

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Donald Trump (R) and LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault (L).

• 2019 was a good year to be a billionaire - sort of. $4, for example, saw their collective net worths soar, while the opposite happened in China.
• $4 have been increasingly forced to contend with the prospect of a $4.
• The public is also increasingly holding billionaires accountable for how they make and spend their fortunes.
• As we approach the end of the year - and the decade - Business Insider took a look back at how things have changed for billionaires over the course of 2019.
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Depending on where you live and how you made your fortune, 2019 was either a very good year to be a billionaire - or a very bad one.

$4, for example, enjoyed surges in their net worths this year, while $4 sunk those of $4. Meanwhile, ultra-wealthy people who made their fortunes in controversial ways - no matter where they lived - were forced to deal with public reckonings amid growing income inequality.

Keep reading to learn how life has changed for billionaires in 2019.