The Global Map of Wealth
Billionaires by Region
Extreme wealth is not evenly spread, and it is not built the same way everywhere. Our index tracks 556 billionaires worth $13.74T combined, across 7 regions. Follow a region to see its countries, its wealthiest people, and the sectors their fortunes come from.
North America
226 billionaires · $7.51TNorth America holds the largest single concentration of extreme wealth, dominated by technology, finance and retail — and more self-made than any other region.
Europe
139 billionaires · $2.92TEuropean wealth skews toward luxury houses, family-held industrial groups and private banking — fortunes that are frequently inherited and measured in generations.
Asia
136 billionaires · $2.6TAsia produces more billionaires than any other region, spanning Chinese manufacturing and technology, Indian conglomerates, Japanese retail and Southeast Asian commodities.
South America
14 billionaires · $224.5BSouth American fortunes are built on mining, agriculture, banking and brewing — resource and consumer businesses at continental scale.
the Middle East
12 billionaires · $204.6BMiddle Eastern fortunes centre on energy, construction, sovereign-adjacent investment and, increasingly, technology and sport.
Africa
20 billionaires · $145.2BAfrica’s largest fortunes are concentrated in cement, telecoms, energy and consumer goods — industries built for fast-growing domestic markets rather than exported to them.
Oceania
9 billionaires · $136.5BAustralian and New Zealand wealth is anchored in mining, property and retail, shaped by decades of resource exports to Asia.