Richest billionaires: How many billionaire musicians or celebrity actors can you count? You would be surprised to learn that less than 1% of sports stars and Hollywood celebrities belong to the special group of people we refer to as billionaires, yet they always seem to be living the lives that we always wanted. Being worth at least a billion dollars is a very big deal, because it would take the average person several lifetimes to spend that money.
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A billionaire has so much money that he or she would not need to work a day in his or her life, and he or she would still live a life far better than the celebrities we see on TV and read about in magazines.
A greater percentage of the close to two thousand billionaires we have in the world have made their money from scratch, and these people have some of the most inspirational stories because they show us that it is actually possible to become a billionaire from nothing. However, there is still a very big chunk of billionaires who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, and never had to live in the “real world” as we know it. Some billionaires out there inherit businesses, stocks, or company shares from their parents and grandparents that transform them into billionaires without much struggle.
Regardless of how a billionaire got to where he or she is, a billionaire is a special kind of person with immense resources that all of us would die to have. Here is a list of ten billionaires who are worth every penny that they have but owe a good percentage of it either directly or indirectly to their late spouses, parents or grandparents.
10. Iris Fontbona – Net Worth: $13.5 billion
Iris Fontbona is a 72-year-old billionaire from Chile, worth approximately $13.5 billion. Iris’ wealth makes her the richest Chilean and the 82nd richest billionaire in the world. Iris inherited her wealth from her husband Andronico Luksic, who succumbed to cancer in 2005. Luksic built the Luksic Group, a group of companies that were involved in mining, finance, beverages, and the industrial sector; companies that made him the wealthiest man in Chile even before his death. Andronico Luksic left all his wealth and businesses to his wife and three sons, who have continued to run the businesses making them wealthier by the day. This family controls the Antofagasta PLC, a company that owns copper mines in Chile and trades in the London Stock Exchange, as well as in other profitable ventures.
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