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NYC has the world’s highest percentage of billionaires

Gotham has 103 of the world's 2,325 billionaires

Billionaires care more about cities than countries, according to a new report, and the metropolis at the top of their list is New York City.

The world’s population of billionaires has grown to 2,325, with 155 individuals crossing the 10-figure line since 2013, according to UBS and Wealth-X’s 2014 Billionaire Census. New York City is now home to 103 billionaires, the most of any city in the world.

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With 571 billionaires, the United States is far ahead of the nearest competitor, China, which has 190.

The report also concludes that the wealth of the world’s billionaires now totals $7.3 trillion. By 2020, Wealth-X expects the billionaire population to hit 3,800.

More than half of the world’s billionaires are self-made, and 81 percent are mostly self-made, with inheritance accounting for a portion of their wealth. – Tom DiChristopher

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