Being a billionaire may be everybody’s dream but for the people on this list of the 11 countries with the most billionaires in the world it has become plain everyday life. It’s staggering how easy it is to get comfortable with what you have, even if it happened in huge increments from what you had before. No matter how down to their roots these people are or how they became who they are, though, one thing’s for sure – they are filthy rich and there is no denying it.
Picking up our search for the richest from the top 10 richest cities in the world, this list will give you an idea of where you can find the highest concentration of people with exceptionally fat bank accounts. Currently on the planet there are over a thousand and eight hundred billionaires spread out quite evenly across the continents. All these people collectively own over seven trillion dollars. This is way more money than one could ever imagine and way more than anyone should have.
Some of these people come from poor backgrounds, some worked hard and restlessly for decades and others just inherited a business. However, all of them now join the club of the one percent – the people who can truly say that money is no object. You will see that their concentration in certain places is not just coincidental. After all, to get a hold of that amount of money requires running a complex, influential business which can’t happen wherever.
Most lists you see, including this one, will take in consideration people whose fortunes estimate over one billion US dollars. The pioneer of this small demographic was the US oil magnate John D. Rockefeller. Ever since he became the first confirmed billionaire in 1916, the number of people like him has been on the rise, making some considerable leaps in the past few decades. Which place will his home country take, though? Let’s take a look.
11. Italy
Number of billionaires: 39
Italy comes at eleventh place with the richest person there being Maria Franca Fissolo and her family, AKA the people behind the popular Ferrero chocolate brand.
10. Canada
Number of billionaires: 39
Our tenth contender, Canada, is the home of David Thomson – a media magnate, third generation Baron Thomson of Fleet and the richest person in the country.
9. France
Number of billionaires: 47
Coming at the ninth place in our list is France. Liliane Bettencourt, a prime shareholder in L’Oreal, heads the group of billionaires there as an heiress, businesswoman and the 10th richest person in the world.
8. United Kingdom
Number of billionaires: 53
The land of rain and tea comes to the eighth spot with fifty-three billionaires on its territory. The Hinduja brothers, heirs of the Hinduja conglomerate of companies are the richest people you can find there.
7. Brazil
Number of billionaires: 54
Brazil makes the seventh spot with Jorge Paulo Lemann, a Swiss-Brazilian banker being the richest person in the country.
6. Hong Kong
Number of billionaires: 55
Hong Kong has been home to an immense number of big businesses for a while now. Its fifty-five billionaires are headed by Li Ka-Shing, the richest business magnate in the country.
5. Russia
Number of billionaires: 88
Russia’s Vladimir Potanin outshines all of its other 87 billionaires with his wealth. The entrepreneur and oligarch is surrounded by controversy but his fortune stands untouched.
4. India
Number of billionaires: 90
India comes at the 4th place in our list of the 11 countries with the most billionaires. The richest person you can find there is Mukesh Ambani, a business magnate who own India’s most valuable company.
3. Germany
Number of billionaires: 103
Germany isn’t all about wursts and beer. Georg F. W. Schaeffler and his mother, who own one of the largest rolling element bearings manufacturing group lead the 103 billionaires who currently live there.
2. China
Number of billionaires: 213
Considering China’s sudden and vast economic uprising, it is no surprise that it takes the second place in this list. Wang Jianlin is the richest man there.
1. United States
Number of billionaires: 536
The land of opportunities comes first in our list of the 11 countries with the most billionaires in the world. As you might suspect, Bill Gates is the richest man not only there, but in the whole world.
