Cities with the highest number of billionaires – There are lots of ways to become rich these days. Of course, there’s the more “traditional” route of being a movie or television star, or writing a best-selling album and touring the country to promote your work.
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These days, however, tech-savvy geniuses who come up with great ideas that make our lives easier (or just a little more fun) are achieving celebrity status as well.
Of course, there are also those who were born into money and will pretty much be rich for the rest of their lives. These are likely some of the people you see on reality shows or at major Hollywood events, but you wonder “what exactly does he/she do?” Billionaires also achieve their status by working hard and growing their businesses, while getting sound financial advice and diversifying their portfolios.
Whether you prefer billionaires who got their fortunes similar to the way Steve Jobs did, or you think billionaires who have gone the “Kardashian” route to achieve wealth are more interesting, one thing is for sure: most people are completely curious to know how one person can make that much money. Here are 12 cities with the highest number of billionaires.
12. Tokyo – 16 Billionaires
Tokyo has 16 billionaires who call the city home. However, Tokyo was also the city with the most millionaires by the end of 2012, and most of the millionaires in the city made at least $30 million. There are currently about 26 billionaires in the city of Tokyo, and they make an average of $71 billion. Tokyo is the leading industrial city in Japan, and there are a number of management and finance centers in the area. Many of the wealthy people in the city know lots about stocks and bonds, are owners of banks or have started lucrative financial institutions.
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