There are now more super-rich living in Beijing than in the US metropolis of New York City. 100 billionaires have the researchers of “Forbes” for this year’s list in Beijing, 33 more than a year ago. In New York, however, the magazine counted only 99 billionaires, an increase of seven over the previous year. This means that the Chinese capital takes the top position in the ranking of cities with the most billionaires in the world. New York slipped from this top position for the first time in seven years and took second place. “Forbes” names the richest among Beijing’s 100 billionaires Zhang Yiming, the founder of the Tiktok mother, Bytedance. According to the magazine, the 38-year-old has a fortune of $ 35.6 billion. In contrast, the media entrepreneur is Michael Bloomberg (79) According to Forbes, the richest resident of New York, with a fortune of around $ 59 billion.
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It was followed by Hong Kong (80 billionaires), Moscow (79 billionaires), Shenzhen (68 billionaires), Shanghai (64 billionaires), London (63 billionaires), Mumbai and San Francisco (48 billionaires each) and Hangzhou (47 billionaires) ).
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In total, “Forbes” counted 2,755 people worldwide with assets in the ten-digit range. Around a quarter of them live in the ten metropolises mentioned.
The strong presence of Chinese cities is particularly noteworthy: Against the background of the rapid overcoming of the Corona crisis in the People’s Republic, the number of billionaires in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Hangzhou rose by a total of 96. The other six cities from the top ten combined come to a plus of only 53.
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