Top 20 Cities with The Most Billionaires


If the saying that you are who you hang around is true, then you may want to consider moving to one of these wealthy cities. Forbes did a break down of the cities across the globe with the most billionaires in 2015. New York came in at the top spot with 78 billionaires, while Jakarta, Indonesia pulled in last with 15 still very, very wealthy billionaire ballers. Check out the following pages to see if your hometown made the list. You can also see the highest earner in each city.

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1. New York, United States (78)
David Koch
Net Worth: $42.9 B
Source of wealth: diversified

2. Moscow, Russia (68)
Vladimir Potanin
Net Worth: $15.4 B
Source of wealth: metals

3. Hong Kong (64)
Li Ka-shing
Net Worth: $33.3 B
Source of wealth: diversified

4. London, United Kingdom (46)
Len Blavatnik
Net Worth: $20.2 B
Source of wealth: diversified

5. Beijing, China (45)
Wang Jianlin
Net Worth: $24.2 B
Source of wealth: real estate

6. Mumbai, India (33)
Mukesh Ambani
Net Worth: $21 B
Source of wealth: petrochemicals, oil & gas

7. Seoul, South Korea (29)
Lee Kun-Hee
Net Worth: $11.3 B
Source of wealth: electronics/insurance

8. Istanbul, Turkey (28)
Murat Ulker
Net Worth: $4.4 B
Source of wealth: food manufacturing

9. Paris, France (27)
Liliane Bettencourt & family
Net Worth: $40.1 B
Source of wealth: L’Oreal

10. San Francisco, United States (26)
Dustin Moskovitz
Net Worth: $7.9 B
Source of wealth: Facebook

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