New York again topped the ranking of cities in the number of billionaires, although everyone says that the rich are leaving the metropolis
'10.04.2023'
Despite constant talk that the rich are leaving New York because of high taxes, the city still leads the list of metropolitan areas where the most billionaires live. How installed ForbesAlmost a quarter of the world's billionaires live in 11 cities. Their combined wealth exceeds $2,8 trillion.
Cities with the most billionaires
1. New York
101 billionaires live here (-6 compared to 2022). Their total assets are $616,8 billion. The richest New Yorker is former mayor Michael Bloomberg ($94,5 billion)
Despite the fact that New York has lost six billionaires since last year, it is still the capital of the rich. This city leads not only in the number of billionaires, but also in the total amount of their fortunes: New York has a concentration of $ 208 billion more than in Paris, which took second place (Paris ranked second precisely in the total amount of fortunes of billionaires, and not in their number ).
Almost a quarter of the city's wealth is in the hands of Michael Bloomberg (estimated value: $94,5 billion) and socialite Julia Koch ($59 billion).
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2. Hong Kong
- 70 billionaires
- +2 compared to 2022
- their total fortune is $286,8 billion
- richest resident - Lee Shau Kee ($29,5 billion)
3. Beijing
- 68 billionaires
- -15 compared to 2022
- their total fortune is $247,2 billion
- richest resident - Zhang Yiming ($45 billion)
4. Shanghai
- 65 billionaires
- +4 compared to 2022
- their total fortune is $181,9 billion
- richest resident - Colin Zheng Huang ($30,2 billion)
5. London
- 63 billionaires
- -3 compared to 2022
- their total fortune is $294,9 billion
- richest resident - Len Blavatnik ($32,1 billion)
6. Moscow
- 61 billionaire
- +8 compared to 2022
- their total fortune is $307,1 billion
- richest resident - Vladimir Potanin ($23,7 billion)
The war in Ukraine may be far from over, and Western sanctions on many of Russia's richest people remain in place, but Moscow has climbed from 7th to 6th in the richest city rankings. Nearly two-thirds of the city's billionaires increased their fortunes, while only two saw their fortunes decrease.
7. Mumbai
- 56 billionaires
- +5 compared to 2022
- their total fortune is $276,4 billion
- richest resident - Mukesh Ambani ($83,4 billion)
8. Shenzhen
- 54 billionaires
- -5 compared to 2022
- their total fortune is $246 billion
- richest resident - Ma Huateng ($35,3 billion)
9. Singapore
- 46 billionaires
- +10 compared to 2022
- general condition - $ 133,3 billion
- richest resident - Guo Cheng Liang ($14,3 billion)
10. Share
- 37 billionaires
- +2 compared to 2022
- their total fortune is $116,4 billion
- richest resident - Shiv Nadar ($25,6 billion)
11. San Francisco
- 37 billionaires
- -7 compared to 2022
- their total fortune is $114,2 billion
- richest resident - Brian Chesky ($9,3 billion)
The tech world is in recession and cracks are starting to appear at its center. San Francisco, home to Silicon Valley and the ultra-rich in the tech world, has lost seven billionaires this year. Among those who have lost money and gone millionaire status are Doordash co-founders Stanley Tang and Tony Xu ($843 million and $940 million, respectively). Also dropped from the list was Todd McKinnon ($641 million), CEO and co-founder of cloud security company Okta. The only new addition to the list of San Francisco billionaires is Sid Sidgebrandij, the founder of GitLab, who has joined the $1,2 billion rich group.
