For the first time in history, the capital of China, Beijing, became the city with the most billionaires in the world, surpassing New York.
And, according to the annual ranking published by Forbes, the Asian city won 33 new billionaires over the past year to reach a total of 100 people with more than $ 1 billion in their account.
This is just one more than New York, which added only seven new billionaires in the same time frame, for a total of ninety-nine.
Beijing vs New York
The United States has long been the home of billionaires more than any other country, but it seems that China is ready to claim the throne. Along with Hong Kong it registered a total of 210 new billionaires last year.
It also highlights that five Chinese cities were among the 10 cities with the most billionaires, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in third place with 80 billionaires, Shenzhen in fifth with 68 and Shanghai in sixth with 64 in total.
The richest resident of Beijing, the capital of billionaires, is Zhang Yiming, founder of the parent company of TikTokByteDance, which is worth $ 35.6 billion; while in New York, the former mayor Michael Bloomberg He was listed as the wealthiest, with a net worth of $ 59 billion.
In terms of total population, New York City has less than half the inhabitants of Beijing, with a population of 8.4 million, compared to approximately 21 million in the Chinese capital.
Globally, 660 people became new billionaires, bringing the world total to 2,755, totaling a collective value of 13.1 billion, according to Forbes. And where would you go to live if you were a billionaire?
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