These 10 cities have the most billionaires in the world

Business magazine, Forbes has released a list highlighting the cities which make up the most billionaires in the world for 2024.

While records show that there are currently some 2,781 billionaires scattered across the world in 2024, only a handful of them live in prime and elite cities.

According to a Forbes report issued on April 26, 2024, nearly a quarter of billionaires, worth a combined $3 trillion, live in one of ten cities in only six countries, per its latest ranking of World’s Billionaires list.

Leading the pack is New York City which is home to most billionaires in the world. Collectively, the city is worth $694 billion. 62 of these billionaires work or have businesses in Wall Street and other finance and investment firms.

However, 14 of them are into real estate while dozens ply their trade in fashion and retail business.

In second place with a tie is Hong Kong and Moscow who boast of 74 billionaires each while Mumbai also made a big jump from seventh to fourth after adding 13 more billionaires since 2023, according to Forbes.

See the full list below compiled by Forbes:

1. New York City

Total billionaires: 110

Since last year: +9

Total net worth: $694 billion

Richest resident: Michael Bloomberg ($106 billion)

2. (tie) Moscow

Total billionaires: 74

Since last year: +12

Total net worth: $378 billion

Richest resident: Vagit Alekperov ($28.6 billion)

2. (tie) Hong Kong

Total billionaires: 74

Since last year: +4

Total net worth: $326 billion

Richest resident: Li Ka-shing ($37.3 billion)

4. Mumbai

Total billionaires: 69

Since last year: +13

Total net worth: $379 billion

Richest resident: Mukesh Ambani ($116 billion)

5. Beijing

Total billionaires: 63

Since last year: flat

Total net worth: $211 billion

Richest resident: Zhang Yiming ($43.4 billion)

6. London

Total billionaires: 62

Since last year: -1

Total net worth: $326 billion

Richest resident: Len Blavatnik ($32.1 billion)

7. Shanghai

Total billionaires: 54

Since last year: -11

Total net worth: $167 billion

Richest resident: Colin Huang ($38.9 billion)

8. Los Angeles

Total billionaires: 53

Since last year: +19

Total net worth: $222 billion

Richest resident: John Tu ($13.6 billion)

9. Singapore

Total billionaires: 52

Since last year: +6

Total net worth: $156 billion

Richest resident: Eduardo Saverin ($28 billion)

10. San Francisco

Total billionaires: 50

Since last year: +13

Total net worth: $185 billion

Richest resident: Dustin Moskovitz ($18.3 billion)

With additional files from Forbes

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