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2016 Billionaire Population By Country

After several months of research, the findings and connection, the world’s richest people announced in the Forbes Thirtieth Annual Billionaire list. For the moment, there are total of 1,810 billionaires from 67 countries around the world.

Helena Marsh
Helena MarshEditor-in-Chief
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2016 Billionaire Population By Country

After several months of research, the findings and connection, the world’s richest people announced in the Forbes Thirtieth Annual Billionaire list. For the moment, there are total of 1,810 billionaires from 67 countries around the world. These 1,810 billionaires have a combined worth of 6.48 Trillion dollars.

The United States is the first country that has 540 billionaires. And there are 7 United States origin billionaires in top 10 list. China is the second country which has 251 billionaires. This figure is more than twice of Germany’s 120 billionaires. Asia -Pacific region has the most billionaires with a total of 590 billionaires with 14 other countries.And India is second one which has 84 billionaires in this region.

 

In most countries in the European region have a billionaire. It has at least one millionaire each of 27 different European countries. In this region, Germany’s 120 billionaires are creating the largest billionaire population of the continent.

9 – David Koch – Charles Koch        $ 39.6B          Country: United Stated             Business: Diversified

8 – Michael Bloomberg            $ 40.0B          Country: United Stated             Business: Bloomberg Media

7 – Larry Ellison           $ 43.6B          Country: United Stated             Business: Oracle

6 – Mark Zuckerberg           $ 44.6B          Country: United Stated             Business: Facebook

5 – Jeff Bezos           $ 45.2B          Country: United Stated             Business: Amazon

4 – Carlos Slim Helu           $ 50.0B          Country: Mexico             Business: Telecom

3 – Warren Buffett           $ 60.8B          Country: United States             Business: Berkshire Hathaway

2 – Amancio Ortega           $ 67.0B          Country: Spain             Business: Zara

1 – Bill Gates           $ 75.0B          Country: United States             Business: Microsoft

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Helena Marsh

Helena Marsh

Editor-in-Chief

Helena Marsh is the Editor-in-Chief at TrendinTech, where she leads editorial strategy and oversees coverage across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise technology. With more than a decade in technology journalism on both sides of the Atlantic, she previously served as a senior editor at Wired UK and covered the technology sector for The Guardian, following the rise of the big platforms, the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the regulatory push from Brussels and Washington. Helena holds an MA in Journalism from City, University of London and is a regular speaker at Web Summit in Lisbon and CES in Las Vegas. She believes technology reporting should be rigorous and plainly written, so readers understand what actually changes for them rather than what a company's announcement promises.

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