Top 12 cities with the highest number of billionaires in the world – See which is number 1! (With Pictures)

11. Los Angeles – 22 Billionaires

Whether you’re looking at Los Angeles County or Orange County and the surrounding neighborhoods, it’s safe to say there are a number of billionaires in Los Angeles. 22 to be exact. There are also several different ways that these successful businesspeople make their money. They include Patrick Soon-Shiong, who is worth around $8 billion, and made his money selling two major drug companies. One of the companies, NantWords, has algorithms that analyzes a human genome in 47 seconds, and the company is developing two medications to treat cancer. Eli Broad is another L.A. billionaire. He’s known for buying Sun Life Insurance and selling it to AIG for $18 billion in stock and cash.