Hurun Global Rich List 2013
...(28 February 2013, Beijing, China) Hurun Report today released the Hurun Global Rich List 2013, a ranking of the 1453 US dollar billionaires currently in the world. Wealth calculations are a snapshot of 17 January 2013. This is the first time that Hurun Report has released a ranking of the dollar billionaires in the world, the so-called ‘Nine-Zero Club’, and follows on from a ranking last year of the ‘Ten-Zero Club’, the 83 individuals with US$10 billion.Billionaire Cities and Countries -Hurun Global Rich List 2013
The Hurun Global Rich List 2013 is sponsored by luxury property development Agile Property Hainan Clearwater Bay in China’s Hainan Island.
The List at a glance
On the 2013 list, Hurun Report has ranked 1453 individuals with personal wealth of US$1 billion or more.
Asia was home to the highest number of billionaires this year with most of them operating in real estate sector. The total wealth of the 1453 billionaires amounted to a staggering US$5.5 trillion, the equivalent of China’s GDP.
The average age is 63. One in ten is female.
This past year has seen a rebound in the wealth of private sector. Stock markets in the US have risen and the US dollar has got stronger, rising against the Brazilian Real by 19%, Indian Rupee by 12% and Japanese Yen by 6%, making it harder for locals to make the cut-off.
The Hurun Global Top Ten grew by 26% on average.
The so-called ‘Ten-Zero Club’ – individuals with US$10bn – grew by 25 individuals to 108 billionaires.
Rupert Hoogewerf, Chairman and Chief Researcher of Hurun Report, said, “For every billionaire that Hurun Report has found, I estimate we have missed at least two, meaning that today there are probably 4000 dollar billionaires in the world.”...MORE
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City |
No. Of Billionaires |
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Country |
No. Of Billionaires |
% |
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1 |
Moscow |
76 |
1 |
USA |
409 |
28.1% |
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|
2 |
New York |
70 |
2 |
China |
317 |
21.8% |
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|
3 |
Hong Kong |
54 |
3 |
Russia |
88 |
6.0% |
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|
4 |
Beijing |
41 |
4 |
Germany |
61 |
4.2% |
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|
5 |
London |
40 |
5 |
UK |
56 |
3.8% |
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|
6 |
Istanbul |
26 |
6 |
India |
53 |
3.6% |
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|
7 |
Mumbai |
24 |
7 |
Switzerland |
41 |
2.8% |
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|
7 |
Shanghai |
24 |
8 |
Brazil |
33 |
2.3% |
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|
9 |
Paris |
23 |
9 |
Chinese Taipei |
32 |
2.2% |
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|
10 |
Shenzhen |
22 |
10 |
France |
31 |
2.1% |
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|
10 |
Taipei |
22 |
10 |
Turkey |
31 |
2.1% |
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|
12 |
Sao Paulo |
19 |
12 |
Canada |
22 |
1.5% |
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|
13 |
Hangzhou |
18 |
12 |
Japan |
22 |
1.5% |
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|
13 |
San Francisco |
18 |
14 |
Austria |
17 |
1.2% |
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|
15 |
Seoul |
17 |
14 |
South Korea |
17 |
1.2% |
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|
16 |
Guangzhou |
16 |
16 |
Australia |
16 |
1.1% |
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|
16 |
Los Angeles |
16 |
17 |
Italy |
14 |
1.0% |
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|
18 |
Dallas |
15 |
17 |
Spain |
14 |
1.0% |
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|
19 |
Tokyo |
14 |
19 |
Netherlands |
12 |
0.8% |
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|
20 |
Houston |
12 |
20 |
Indonesia |
11 |
0.8% |
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|
21 |
Beverly Hills |
11 |
20 |
Singapore |
11 |
0.8% |
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|
21 |
Geneva |
11 |
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21 |
Singapore |
11 |
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HT: The Telegraph
