The ultra-rich are everywhere. The 2640 billionaires who appear in Forbes' 2023 ranking of the world's richest people come from 77 countries or territories around the world, up from 75 last year.
The two new additions are Panama and Armenia, each of which has added a billionaire: Stanley Motta, a Panamanian investor whose portfolio of Latin American companies includes the Panamanian bank Banco General, joins the list, as does Ruben Vardanyan, an Armenian investment banker and politician who made his fortune in Russia in the 1990s and renounced his Russian citizenship last year. The latter re-enters after dropping off the 2022 list.
The United States is again home to the largest number of billionaire citizens, with 735, the same number as last year.
Forbes ranking.
The ultra-rich are everywhere. The 2640 billionaires who appear in Forbes' 2023 ranking of the world's richest people come from 77 countries or territories around the world, up from 75 last year. But what is the ranking of the countries with the most billionaires in the world?
51 billionaires (compared to 62 last year). Total net worth: $160 billion (down $27 billion). Richest person: Vicky Safra, $16.7 billion.
52 billionaires (compared to 50 last year). Total net worth: $202 billion (up $2 billion). Richest person: James Ratcliffe, $22.9 billion.
52 billionaires (compared to 51 last year). Total net worth: $136 billion (down $15 billion). Richest people: Lin Shu-hong, Zhang Congyuan ($7.8 billion each).
63 billionaires (compared to 64 last year). Total net worth: $245 billion (down $63 billion). Richest person: David Thomson and family, $54.4 billion.
64 billionaires (compared to 52 last year). Total net worth: $216 billion (up $21 billion). Richest person: Giovanni Ferrero, $38.9 billion.
66 billionaires (compared to 67 last year). Total net worth: $350 billion (down $33 billion). Richest person: Li Ka-shing, $38 billion.
105 billionaires (compared to 83 last year). Total net worth: $474 billion (+$154 billion). Richest person: Andrey Melnichenko, $25.2 billion.
126 billionaires (compared to 134 last year). Total net worth: $585 billion (down $23 billion). Richest person: Dieter Schwarz, $42.9 billion.
169 billionaires (compared to 166 last year). Total net worth: $675 billion (down $75 billion). Richest person: Mukesh Ambani, $83.4 billion.
495 billionaires (compared to 539 last year). Total net worth: $1.67 trillion (down $300 billion). Richest person: Zhong Shanshan, $68 billion.
735 billionaires (compared to 735 last year). Total net worth: $4.5 trillion (down $200 billion). Richest person: Elon Musk, net worth: $180 billion.