CNBC Press Releases

CNBC's "Untold Wealth: The Rise of the Super Rich," originally scheduled to premiere on June 18th, will now premiere on June 26th at 10p / 1a ET (pre-empts The Big Idea).

The Big Idea will air at it's normal time on June 19th.

In 1985 there were 13 US billionaires- today there are more than a 1,000 The number of people with more than $30 million in savings could fill a medium-sized city. With more billionaires and multi-millionaires in our country than in any time in history- this explosion of wealth is being described as the "New Gilded Age". Even as a recession descends on most Americans, the New Super-Rich continue to live in a parallel world of luxury...a world where multiple homes, personal staffs and countless possessions seem to grow more outlandish.. along with their fortunes.

"Untold Wealth: The Rise of the Super Rich," reported by CNBC's David Faber, takes an unprecedented, inside look at this new species: how they came to be; what differentiates them from their predecessors; their candid and conflicted feelings about wealth...and the implications for the future.


About CNBC:
CNBC is the recognized world leader in business news, providing real-time financial market coverage and business information to more than 340 million homes worldwide, including more than 95 million households in the United States and Canada. The network's Business Day programming (weekdays from 5:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. ET) is produced at CNBC's headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., and also includes reports from CNBC news bureaus worldwide. Additionally, CNBC viewers can manage their individual investment portfolios and gain additional in-depth information from on-air reports by accessing http://www.cnbc.com.

Members of the media can receive more information about CNBC and its programming on the NBC Universal Media Village Web site at http://nbcumv.com/cnbc/.

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