Which country has the most emerging billionaires in the world?

There are 2,668 billionaires globally currently on the Forbes list. The total net worth of all billionaires on the Forbes list is estimated at $12.7 trillion, $400 billion lower than in 2021.

The biggest declines have come from Russian and Chinese billionaires, many of whom have been affected by the Russia-Ukraine war and the Chinese government’s investigations into tech giants. Country.

Forbes’ World Billionaires Statistics this year as of April 2022 shows that 236 people have become billionaires (compared to a record 493 people in 2021).

Specifically, new billionaires come from 34 different countries.

Despite government restrictions, China has added 62 new billionaires (including 2 from Hong Kong).

Which country has the most new billionaires in the world? (Image: Pixabay)

The US ranks second in the number of new billionaires with 50. Meanwhile, India is in third place with 29 new billionaires.

However, only 33 of the 236 new billionaires on this year’s billionaires list are women, and only 11 of them are self-made billionaires.

Despite the decline in global markets, the financial and investment sectors have produced many of the newest billionaires this year with 45 of them. Among them are traditional investors like Josh Kushner, 36, whose venture capital firm Thrive Capital was valued at $3.6 billion by investor Goldman Sachs in May 2021, and Ramzi Musallam (53 years old) with $4 billion, who raised the fortune of investment firm Veritas Capital to $39.5 billion.

Among the new billionaires from the financial sector are the founders of fintech companies, including the two youngest new billionaires in the ranking: Brazil-born Pedro Franceschi (25 years old) and Enrique Dubourgas (26 years old) age) each with a net worth of $1.5 billion, they are co-founders of credit card startup Brex, valued at $12.3 billion by investors in January 2022.

According to Forbes, there are still more than 1,000 billionaires with an increase in wealth compared to last year and the US is still the country with the largest number of billionaires in the world, with 735 billionaires and an estimated total fortune of 4.7 thousand billion USD. China (including Macau and Hong Kong special zones) ranked second, with 607 billionaires and total assets of 2.3 trillion USD.

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