List of cities by number of billionaires

There are a number of different lists compiled by various publications around the world that attempt to determine the number of billionaires by world's major cities. The Times (of London), by way of the Sunday Times, compiles annually the Sunday Times Rich List. This list has determined that London is home to the most billionaires (80), whilst New York is second with 56, and San Francisco rounds out the top three with 49.

A competing publication, Business Insider, has a different result, with New York maintaining its position as the world’s top billionaire city with 103 billionaires in 2014, followed by Moscow (85), Hong Kong (82), and in this publication, as opposed to the Sunday Times, London follows in fourth with (72), followed by Beijing at (37).[1] Only 5% of the world’s billionaires are worth more than US$10 billion.[2] There are a total of 2325 living Billionaires in 2014, compared to 2170 in 2013. There were 2039 male and 286 female billionaires in 2014, accounting for 88% and 12% respectively of the world’s total billionaires wealth of US$7.3 trillion.[3] 34% of world's billionaires are based in these top 20 regional hubs.

Sunday Times Rich List

According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2015, London has more billionaires than any other city in the world.[4] This list is based upon pounds sterling (£).

  1. United Kingdom London – 80
  2. United States New York City– 56
  3. United States San Francisco – 49
  4. Russia Moscow – 45
  5. Hong Kong Hong Kong – 43
  6. United States Los Angeles – 40
  7. China Beijing – 27
  8. India Mumbai – 27
  9. France Paris – 21
  10. Brazil Sao Paulo – 16

Forbes Magazine listing

In 2015, Forbes Magazine listed New York City with the most number of billionaires at 78 persons, followed by Moscow at 68 and Hong Kong at third place at 64 total billionaires.[5] The report also lists the US as having more billionaires per capita than any other country in the world.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New york is home to more billionaire than other". Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ "cities matters to billionaire". Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "global billionaire population reach a records 2325 people". Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ Lynsey Barber London has more billionaires than any other city in the world
  5. ↑ Liyan Chen, New York To Hong Kong: Cities With The Most Billionaires In 2015 March 4, 2015
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