With around 2500 billionaires in the world, the ratio is still very screwed. Well, it is only a handful of countries that dominate in terms of the number of billionaires, specifically being US, China, and Germany in order, in the top three. Because of this skewed ratio, there are many countries that contribute only one single billionaire to the list, yes, 1 out of 2500.
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1) Nepal
Binod Chaudhary is Nepal’s first and only billionaire, owning around 30 hotels and heading CG Corp Global, a name known to be the noodle king in the world. His net worth is exactly $1 billion.
2) Kuwait
Kutayba Alghanim has a net worth of $1.2 billion, leading the renowned business conglomerate Alghanim Industries after it was founded by his father. It owns a lot of businesses in Kuwait, like Wendy’s, Ford and GM sales etc.
3) Qatar
Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani also has a worth of $1.2 billion where the company Al Faisal Holding forms the main source of the wealth. It owns various big hotel chains, not just in Qatar but abroad too. St. Regis in North America, for example, is one of their major achievements.
4) Tanzania
Mohammed Dewji has METL as a company to count as the main source of wealth. The company works in beverages and textile, two very profitable fields. His net worth is $1.9 Billion.
5) Romania
Ion Tiriac, an investor with a bright mind, his worth is $2 billion, purely based on his smart move to invest in insurance company Allianz-Tiriac.
6) Iceland
Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson, the founder of Bravo Brewery in Russia has made his entire fortune in the Beer business with side investments in Cryptocurrencies, telecom, and start-ups. His worth is $2.2 billion currently.
7) Algeria
Issad Rebrab, a worth of $3.2 billion where he is the founder of Cevital, an Algerian company that holds one of the largest sugar refineries in the world. The man has made the money selling something that every household in the world needs.
8) Angola
Isabel dos Santos, her father was the President till 2017 in Portugal. It was during this time that she played it smart and took over various Angolan banks and telecom companies which generate a huge return on investment. She is also Africa’s richest woman with a net worth of $4 Billion.
9) Georgia
With the highest worth of $5.2 billion, Bidzina Ivanishvili, he has been the prime minister of Georgia, is the founder of the Georgian Dream Party. His business in Russia in the fields of metals generated huge returns early in his career.
10) Portugal
Maria Fernanda Amorim, a value worth $4.9 billion, her value is generated from inheriting the revenue from family cork business, Corticeira Amorim.
