If you were not born a billionaire you can always become one. Here are the latest statistics delivered by the annual census of Wealth-X and UBS.
- 155 new billionaires joined the billionaires group in 2014 pushing the global billionaire population to 2325 which is a 7 percent rise from 2013. Count me in for the next year!
- There are 2039 male billionaires accounting for 87.7 percent of the world’s total billionaire wealth of 7.3 trillion US dollars in 2014. Besides, there are 286 female billionaires accounting for a 12.3 percent share of global billionaire wealth in 2014. Come on girls, lets show them who has the power 🙂
- Only 17,1 of the female billionaires are self-made, they also have the lowest new worth. 65% have fully inherited their wealth.
- Self-made male billionaires have a mean net worth of US$3.2 billion, almost one billion higher than the mean
net worth of female self-made billionaires. - The typical billionaire is actively engaged in two businesses and is active on the boards of three clubs,
organisations or institutions. - 100% ot the Moscow and Beijing billionaires are self-made
- The typical billionaire has “business or personal relationships with another nine UHNW [ultra high net worth] individuals, three of which are billionaires.
- 65% of the billionaires have a university degree, many have also pursued further studies.
- Should you wish to track down a billionaire focus on New York, home to 103 billionaires—far ahead of Moscow (85) and Hong Kong (82). You could also try crashing an alumni event at the University of Pennsylvania, which counts 25 billionaires among its graduates (Harvard and Yale are close behind).
- Europe still has the largest number of billionaires and tiny little Liechtenstein boasts the highest number of billionaires per capita, at five.
Billionaires geographical distribution After this positive news lets get back to work.
You can read the whole report here – http://www.wcvb.com/blob/view/-/28100080/data/2/-/hrkwry/-/Billionaire-Census-2014-pdf.pdf
