Angela
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I saw this very interesting map on billionaires by country and origin of their wealth, i.e. inherited, company founders, executives, financial sector.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/52kokw/the_world_map_of_billionaires_oc/
In continental Europe more of it is inherited than in the U.S., or, interestingly, in Great Britain. Those countries which have stock exchanges have a higher percentage of their billionaires making their money in the financial sector. Some countries have a lot of billionaires having made their money through founding a company, like Italy, for example. Then there's Russia, with the billionaires making their money from having grabbed natural resources with the fall of the Soviet Union, or through political connections.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/52kokw/the_world_map_of_billionaires_oc/
In continental Europe more of it is inherited than in the U.S., or, interestingly, in Great Britain. Those countries which have stock exchanges have a higher percentage of their billionaires making their money in the financial sector. Some countries have a lot of billionaires having made their money through founding a company, like Italy, for example. Then there's Russia, with the billionaires making their money from having grabbed natural resources with the fall of the Soviet Union, or through political connections.