Baltimore’s only billionaire

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Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti’s still got it. In this week’s Forbes Magazine rankings of the world’s billionaires, the Baltimore businessman came in at No. 601.

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In other tidbits, the average net worth of $3 billion was down 23 percent in 12 months, Forbes reported. Bill Gates lost $18 billion (ouch) but regained his title as the world’s richest man, worth $40 billion.

Is this what they mean when they say the recession is affecting the wealthy, too? Because it’s not exactly tugging at my heart strings…