Global Billionaire and Business Leader Birthplaces

Ranked by recorded net worth, using documented birthplaces.

RichGeo records 3,364 people for World by birthplace. 684 have reported or estimated net worth of at least $1 billion.

3,364
People recorded
684
Net worth of $1B or more
$7.9T
Combined recorded net worth

Countries and territories

United States 1002China 397United Kingdom 224Japan 202Germany 137France 132India 115Canada 95Italy 83Russia 82Israel 59Spain 51Sweden 44Indonesia 42Ukraine 40Finland 31Brazil 29Czech Republic 29Australia 27South Korea 26Denmark 26Poland 24Austria 21Greece 21Thailand 20Norway 19Switzerland 18Turkey 17Iran 17South Africa 16Nigeria 15Belgium 15Slovakia 14Mexico 13Pakistan 13Hungary 12Ireland 12Argentina 12New Zealand 12Lebanon 11Belarus 11Malaysia 10Saudi Arabia 9Portugal 9Romania 8Egypt 8Singapore 5Morocco 5Philippines 5Kazakhstan 5Vietnam 5Azerbaijan 4Colombia 4Myanmar 4United Arab Emirates 4Iceland 4Serbia 4Sri Lanka 4Chile 4Bulgaria 3Peru 3Uruguay 3Venezuela 3Latvia 3North Korea 3Estonia 3Kenya 3Algeria 3Armenia 2Uzbekistan 2Cuba 2Syria 2Kingdom of the Netherlands 2Iraq 2Botswana 2Qatar 2Ecuador 2Bangladesh 2Nepal 2Georgia 2Jordan 2Soviet Union 2Yemen 1Panama 1Guatemala 1Tanzania 1Cyprus 1Oman 1Barbados 1Croatia 1Liberia 1Luxembourg 1Kyrgyzstan 1Cameroon 1Paraguay 1Bahrain 1Guernsey 1Faroe Islands 1Réunion 1Kuwait 1Kosovo 1Tunisia 1Zambia 1Isle of Man 1
Locations without recorded people
BelizeLiechtensteinSaint Kitts and NevisSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSan MarinoEthiopiaDominicaAntigua and BarbudaBurkina FasoCayman IslandsMonacoSloveniaPuerto RicoBosnia and HerzegovinaJerseyZimbabweJamaicaBermudaGibraltarLithuaniaAfghanistanAlbaniaMaltaMontenegro

Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth

  1. 1Elon MuskPretoria · American businessman (born 1971)$790B
  2. 2Bernard ArnaultRoubaix · French entrepreneur (born 1949)$207.8B
  3. 3Jeff BezosAlbuquerque · American business magnate (born 1964)$204.6B
  4. 4Jim WaltonNewport · American businessman$138.8B
  5. 5Amancio OrtegaBusdongo de Arbas · Spanish business tycoon$118.69B
  6. 6Warren BuffettOmaha · American investor, entrepreneur and businessman$117.2B
  7. 7Bill GatesSeattle · American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)$96.5B
  8. 8Mukesh AmbaniAden · Indian businessman$83.6B
  9. 9Julia KochDes Moines · American socialite and philanthropist$81.2B
  10. 10Changpeng ZhaoJiangsu · Canadian businessman$78.8B
  11. 11Françoise Bettencourt MeyersNeuilly-sur-Seine · French billionaire businesswoman$74.8B
  12. 12Mark ZuckerbergWhite Plains · American Internet entrepreneur$69.8B
  13. 13Jeff YassThe Bronx · U.S.-American money manager$65.7B
  14. 14Larry EllisonThe Bronx · American internet entrepreneur and businessman (born 1944)$62.5B
  15. 15MacKenzie ScottSan Francisco · American philanthropist and novelist$59.4B
  16. 16Ingvar KampradPjätteryd · Swedish business magnate (1926-2018)$58.7B
  17. 17Michael BloombergBoston · American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City$55.5B
  18. 18Zhong ShanshanPublic company founder诸暨市 · Chinese Billionaire$55.48B est.
  19. 19Steve BallmerDetroit · American businessman, former chief executive officer of Microsoft$51.9B
  20. 20Larry PageEast Lansing · American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)$50.8B
  21. 21Charles KochWichita · American billionaire and businessman$50.5B
  22. 22David KochWichita · American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)$50.5B
  23. 23Sergey BrinMoscow · American billionaire businessman (born 1973)$49.8B
  24. 24Carlos SlimMexico City · Mexican business magnate and investor$48B
  25. 25Gautam AdaniAhmedabad · Indian businessman$47.1B
  26. 26Alice WaltonNewport · American heiress to the fortune of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.$44.4B
  27. 27S. Robson WaltonTulsa · American billionaire and heir$44.3B
  28. 28Reinhold WürthÖhringen · German businessman$41.3B
  29. 29Phil KnightPortland · American billionaire and co-founder of Nike$40.8B
  30. 30Dieter SchwarzHeilbronn · German entrepreneur$40.6B
  31. 31Klaus-Michael KühneHamburg · German billionaire and businessman (1937–2026)$40B
  32. 32Ma Huateng潮州市 · Chinese internet entrepreneur (1971-)$39.83B est.
  33. 33Liliane Bettencourt7th arrondissement of Paris · French heiress, socialite and businesswoman$39.5B
  34. 34Miriam AdelsonTel Aviv · American-Israeli physician and business billionaire (born in 1945)$37.9B
  35. 35Michael DellHouston · American businessman and CEO (born 1965)$37.6B
  36. 36Jack Ma杭州市 · Chinese businessman$37.3B
  37. 37Hui Ka Yan太康县 · Chinese entrepreneur (1958-)$36.2B
  38. 38Ding Lei宁波市 · Chinese internet entrepreneur and billionaire$35.79B est.
  39. 39Sheldon AdelsonBoston · American businessman (1933–2021)$34.8B
  40. 40David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of FleetToronto · Canadian hereditary peer$32.5B
Showing 40 people

Technology Sectors

Artificial Intelligence 108Internet and Software 835Web 1.0 and the Early Internet 378Web 2.0 and Internet Platforms 406Web3 and Blockchain 31

Leading IndustriesBy associated people

video game industry353
retail172
financial services167
information technology133
software industry133
e-commerce109
automotive industry103
artificial intelligence96
telecommunications industry75
pharmaceutical industry66
conglomerate64
software development63

Companies Headquartered Here

  1. 1TSMCTSM.N1
  2. 2HSBC00005.HK1
  3. 3Alibaba Group Holding Limited05592.HK2
  4. 4Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited300750.SZ5
  5. 5PDD HoldingsPDD.O1
  6. 6比亚迪002594.SZ5
  7. 7Midea000333.SZ2
  8. 8Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited688256.SH2
  9. 9NetEase09999.HK3
  10. 10ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT CO., LTD.300308.SZ1
  11. 11Manulife Financial Corporation00945.HK0
  12. 12WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd.603259.SH3
  13. 13Luxshare002475.SZ4
  14. 14BeOne Medicines Ltd.06160.HK0
  15. 15Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co.,Ltd.600276.SH2
  16. 16East Money Information300059.SZ3
  17. 17UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.UMC.N0
  18. 18Unitree Robotics688836.SH3
  19. 19CMOC Group Limited603993.SH1
  20. 20JD.com, Inc.09618.HK2
  21. 21MUYUAN FOODS GROUP CO.,LTD.002714.SZ3
  22. 22Eoptolink Technology Inc.,Ltd.300502.SZ3
  23. 23Shanghai Enflame Technology Co., Ltd.688801.SH3
  24. 24MetaX Integrated Circuits (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.688802.SH2
  25. 25Prudential Plc02378.HK0
  26. 26Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.300760.SZ3
  27. 27Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food Company Ltd.603288.SH9
  28. 28Trip.com Group Limited09961.HK3
  29. 29Baidu, Inc.09888.HK3
  30. 30Shandong Hongqiao Aluminum Industry Holding Company Limited002379.SZ4

Wealth figures are in U.S. dollars and use the latest available estimate for each person. Read the methodology and sources.