The world has 3,028 billionaires, spread across over 800 cities around the globe, reported Forbes. According to Forbes’ World’s Billionaires list, around a quarter of world’s total billionaires, with a combined worth of $3.3 trillion, live in just ten cities.
The top ten billionaire cities include New York City, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, and San Francisco.
1- New York City has ranked as the top city, with 123 of them holding a combined worth of $759 billion.
Michael Bloomberg with $105 billion is the richest New Yorker.
2- Moscow is on the second spot with 90 billionaires, with a combined worth of $409 billion.
Vagit Alekperov with $28.7 billion is the Richest resident of the Russian capital.
3- Hong Kong, among China’s three billionaire cities in the top ten, is ranked at third place with 72 billionaires. Their total net worth is $309 billion and Li Ka-shing with $38.9 billion is the richest person in Hong Kong.
4- British capital London is ranked at fourth place with total 71 billionaires and their total net worth is $355 billion. Len Blavatnik with $29.9 billion is the richest person in the city.
5- Beijing is ranked at fifth place with total 68 billionaires holding net worth of $273 billion.
Lei Jun with $43.5 billion is the richest resident of the Chinese capital.
6- Mumbai with total 67 billionaires holding a combined worth of $349 billion dropped from number 4 last year to number. 6. Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani with $92.5 billion is the richest person in the city. He is also the Asia’s richest person.
Mumbai has six newcomers, including four members of the Doshi family: brothers Viren ($1.4 billion), Kirit ($1 billion), Pankaj ($1.2 billion) and Hitesh ($1.2 billion).
Last year, Mumbai was at the fourth position with total 69 billionaires.
7- Singapore is at the seventh spot with total 60 billionaires and their total net worth of $259 billion.
Zhang Yiming is the richest person with $65.5 billion in Singapore.
8- Chinese city Shanghai and American city San Francisco both have equal numbers of billionaires.
Shanghai has 58 billionaires with total net worth of $198 billion.
Colin Huang with $42.3 billion is the richest Shanghai resident.
San Francisco also has total 58 billionaires with total net worth of $217 billion.
Dustin Moskovitz with $17 billion is the richest person in San Francisco city.
10- Los Angeles was ranked at the tenth place with total 56 billionaires and combined net worth of $243 billion.
Peter Thiel is the richest Los Angeles resident with net worth of $16.3 billion.
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