Name

$ bills stacked in km

# of Burj Khalifa buildings

# of Eiffel Towers

# of Empire State buildings

# of Mount Everest mountains

1

Jeff Bezos

12,342

14,906

38,092

32,393

1,395

2

Bill Gates

10,704

12,927

33,036

28,093

1,209

3

Bernard Arnault & family

8,301

10,025

25,619

21,787

938

4

Warren Buffett

7,372

8,904

22,754

19,350

833

5

Larry Ellison

6,444

7,783

19,889

16,913

728

With a total wealth of $413.5 billion, the five richest people in the world are all male and four out of five live in the US, with the exception of Bernard Arnault & family who are situated in France. If you stacked their wealth in $1 bills, it would reach the ISS space station and back 56 times.

Out of all billionaires, 241 (11.50%) are female, accounting for 12.31% of the total wealth of $8 trillion. The research also reveals that only one out of the 10 richest women in the world are self-made billionaires, compared to eight out of the 10 richest men.

The industry splitAcross the billionaires analysed, their wealth has derived from a total of 18 different industries. Out of the 30 richest people in the world, 33.3% acquired their wealth from technology and 30% became billionaires from fashion & retail.

Looking at the smallest industries for billionaires, gambling and casinos has the lowest number of billionaires overall. The sports industry also ranks low for both men and women, with construction and engineering as the third smallest industry for female billionaires. The telecom industry is the only sector that doesnt have billionaires of both genders and accounts for 29 male billionaires, making it the third smallest industry for men.

The country splitThe worlds billionaires spread across 72 counties, but where do you have the highest chance of becoming one? Analysing the country of residence, these are the top three countries with the highest number of billionaires:

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