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Davos by the Numbers
Facts and figures flow freely from the annual gathering in Switzerland.
$4,000
The entry fee for the World Economic Forum in 1980.
$300,000
The amount in $100 prepaid gift cards Mastercard gave out to attendees in 2002.
2006
The year by which Bill Gates promised spam would be a thing of the past, at the 2004 Davos gathering.
$1 million
The amount raised in five minutes for mosquito nets in Tanzania after Sharon Stone pledged her initial $10,000.
$5
The fine for wearing a necktie at the 2004 conference, in a program that raised more than $16,000 for UNICEF.
$7 billion
The amount the French bank Société Générale announced during the 2008 gathering that one rogue trader had lost for the company.
$10 billion
The amount the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged at the 2010 gathering toward vaccinations in the world’s poorest countries.
10 miles
The length of fencing and barbed wire the Swiss military installed at the 2011 conference.
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