The average age of China's rich is 56! 88% of the billionaires are men. What does that mean? According to the news on May 26, according to the 21st century economic report, wealth-x, a wealth consulting agency, recently released the "census report of the billionaires in 2019". According to the report, the number of global billionaires (with net assets of more than US $1 billion) was 2604 in 2018, down 5.4% from 2017.
From the intercontinental point of view, in 2018, Europe is still the region with the largest number of billionaires, with 792 people. The total wealth of the billionaires is US $2.27 trillion, followed by North America, Asia and the Middle East.
From the perspective of countries or regions, the United States is still the country with the largest number of billionaires in the world, with 705, a decrease of 4.9% compared with 2017, but the total wealth increased by 3.7% to US $3.013 trillion. The number of Chinese billionaires ranked second, down 15.7% from the previous year to 285; The total wealth was nearly US $996 billion, down 7.8% from the previous year. Then there are Germany, Russia, Britain, Switzerland, Hong Kong, India, Saudi Arabia and France.
In 2018, the city with the largest number of billionaires in the world is still New York, with 105, two more than last year. The second and third places are Hong Kong and San Francisco, with 87 and 75 people respectively. Beijing ranked sixth with 55 billionaires.
According to the report, there are only 119 billionaires with net assets of more than $10 billion, less than 5% of the total. But the total wealth of these 119 rich people is $2.6 trillion, accounting for 30% of the total wealth of all the billionaires.
In terms of industry, banking and finance, industry, real estate, food and beverage and manufacturing are the top five industries to create billionaires. The per capita wealth of the top five billionaires reached $3.06 billion.
From the perspective of gender, 88% of the billionaires are men, of which 62% are self-made; Only 12% of women are billionaires, and most of their wealth comes from inheritance.
In addition, China's billionaires are extremely young. Their average age is only 56, compared with the global average of 66. In addition, 22% of the rich in China are under the age of 50, compared with only 10% in the world.