Countries with multiple billionaires: the 2025 ranking
There are currently 3,028 billionaires scattered in over 800 cities around the world, from Feldmeilelea small village in Swissa Ezulwinia town in theEswatini (former Swaziland) in the’Southern Africa.
According to the last list of billionaires drawn up by Forbesthe Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2025the overall value of their fortunes touched 16,100 billion dollars, or 2,000 billion more than 2024.
Yet the distribution of this immense wealth is far from fair: 50% of the world billionaires live only in three countries, United States, China And Indiawhile 17 other countries each have a single billionaire citizen.
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The 5 richest men in the world
At the top of the list of men and women the richest in the world is there Elon Muskwith an estimated asset of 342 billion dollars.
In second place Mark Zuckerberg Of Half (216 billion dollars) and third Jeff Bezos Of Amazon (215 billion dollars).
The top 5 complete Larry Ellison Of Oracle (192 billion dollars) and French Bernard Arnault (178 billion dollars) of LVMH. For Arnault It is the lowest result since 2017, due to the drop in the value of the actions of its luxury empire.
The billionaires in Italy: the richest is a little poorer
And in Italy? The billionaires are 74, one more than the previous year, with a total wealth of 339 billion dollars – an increase of 12%.
Giovanni Ferrero The richest man is reconfirmedItalywith a fortune of 38.2 billion dollars, albeit less than 43.8 billion last year.
Behind him, Andrea Pignataro approaches with a heritage of 34.2 billion, followed by Giancarlo DevasiniCFO of Tetherwhich saw the greatest increase in wealth of the year.
Giorgio Armani slips to fourth place with 11.8 billion, exceeded by DevasiniWhile Paolo Ardoinohead of Tethergains ground, going up from 26th to fifth place with 9.5 billion.
Piero Ferrari occupies the sixth place with 9.2 billion, followed by Francesco Gaetano Caltagironeseventh with 8.2 billion.
Massimiliana Landini Aleottidriving Menariniis eighth with 7.2 billion.
Miuccia Prada And Patrizio Bertellitogether with the eight heirs of Leonardo Del Vecchioplace themselves in ninth place, each with 6.6 billion.
The new billionaires and the average age: from 28 to 103 years
This year’s ranking includes 288 new billionaires.
Among the most famous faces are Bruce Springsteenwith a heritage of 1.2 billion dollars, Arnold Schwarzenegger And Jerry Seinfeldboth with 1.1 billion.
The average age of billionaires is 66 years old.
Overall, 67% of the list consists of self-made billionaires, i.e. those who have created or co-creating their business and accumulated wealth without inheriting anything, with an increase compared to 66% of the previous year.
Among the 406 billionaire women (equal to 13.4% of the total), 113 are self-made.
The richest of these is Rafaela Aponte-DiamantSwiss entrepreneur in the naval sector, with a fortune of 37.7 billion.
The billionaire self-made younger is Alexandr Wangco -founder and head of Scales towith a heritage of 2 billion for only 28 years.
On the contrary, the oldest billionaire is George Josephthe US entrepreneur in the insurance sector, who at 103 years of age has 1.9 billion.
The three cities with more billionaires: at the top New York
New York Once again the city is confirmed with the largest number of billionaires in the world: 123, with a total heritage of 759 billion dollars.
Among the New York billionaires, 68 operate in the financial and investment sector, 13 are the protagonists of the real estate market and 12 work in the world of fashion and retail.
In second place we find Flywhich has 90 billionaires – 16 more than the previous year. This growth has allowed the Russian capital to overcome Hong Kongwhich last year was on equal merit with Fly.
The overall heritage of Moscoviti billionaires amounts to 409 billion dollars. Hong Kong It descends to third place with 72 billionaires.
The countries with more billionaires
The United States I am in the first place with a record of billionaires who, together, are worth a total of 6.8 trillion dollars.
Discover the top 10 in the gallery.
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