interesting data but wtf is this circular hole in kazakhstan, was it meant to be a dot?
AckerHerron on
None in the UK or Canada is very surprising.
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SnooLobsters8922 on
Crazy. Sweden has the highest billion-dollar companies per capita, but no richest person born there. That’s a plus.
Amgadoz on
If you told people 50 years ago that the world’s richest person is about to be born in Africa, you would’ve been labeled a crazy person.
Also, who is the one from the other African country?
MR_Se7en on
So basically, if you’re not born near water, you’re kind of fucked….
SuperpositionSavvy on
Would be cool if you added another dimension for size of wealth
DrSquirrelBoy12 on
Would be cool to see a “where they live now” comparison.
The_Mystery_Knight on
Who is the dot south of Detroit? Somewhere around Cinci/Columbus/Louisville?
Formo1287 on
I’m assuming the one dot between Detroit and DC is Pittsburgh, which would be Mark Cuban perhaps??
formidable_dagger on
Who’s the one from NE India?
vacri on
Chances of an ultra-rich person being born in Mexico are Slim
OctoSim on
I tought this was r/terriblemaps 🙁
kewlaz on
You have two for Australia, one is Gina Rinehart (*shudder*) occupying 63rd spot but who is the other one?
Going by your own data the next Australian on the list is Harry Triguboff at 108th spot, so he shouldn’t make the list, even if he was in the top 100 he wasn’t born in Australia, he was born in China.
Quick_Somewhere2502 on
South America, Africa, Australia each of them have two people in the list.
thecasualcaribou on
Who’s the Yemeni? Ali Abdullah Saleh is dead
Sorathez on
The two Australians being ~~Rupert Murdoch~~ and Gina Rinehart I imagine? Or did Clive Palmer ham his way onto the list?
The richest people on earth are unknown. They’re the oil tycoons in the Middle East that pump out liquid gold. I guarantee this graphic was made using publicly available information.
![Birthplaces of the World's 100 Richest People [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/9f4lprlrkoaf1-1536x667.png "Birthplaces of the World’s 100 Richest People [OC]")
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We def. know who that one guy is from South Africa.
does the dot size represent their net worth? or does it represent more than one person being born in that place
Woohoo! Perth represent! ( oh wait, probably not something to be proud of ).
https://preview.redd.it/ln7thphumoaf1.png?width=458&format=png&auto=webp&s=3982dd9d67d1bda1d15b48017745bb4f0dd02eee
interesting data but wtf is this circular hole in kazakhstan, was it meant to be a dot?
None in the UK or Canada is very surprising.
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Crazy. Sweden has the highest billion-dollar companies per capita, but no richest person born there. That’s a plus.
If you told people 50 years ago that the world’s richest person is about to be born in Africa, you would’ve been labeled a crazy person.
Also, who is the one from the other African country?
So basically, if you’re not born near water, you’re kind of fucked….
Would be cool if you added another dimension for size of wealth
Would be cool to see a “where they live now” comparison.
Who is the dot south of Detroit? Somewhere around Cinci/Columbus/Louisville?
I’m assuming the one dot between Detroit and DC is Pittsburgh, which would be Mark Cuban perhaps??
Who’s the one from NE India?
Chances of an ultra-rich person being born in Mexico are Slim
I tought this was r/terriblemaps 🙁
You have two for Australia, one is Gina Rinehart (*shudder*) occupying 63rd spot but who is the other one?
Going by your own data the next Australian on the list is Harry Triguboff at 108th spot, so he shouldn’t make the list, even if he was in the top 100 he wasn’t born in Australia, he was born in China.
South America, Africa, Australia each of them have two people in the list.
Who’s the Yemeni? Ali Abdullah Saleh is dead
The two Australians being ~~Rupert Murdoch~~ and Gina Rinehart I imagine? Or did Clive Palmer ham his way onto the list?
Nope, [Anthony Pratt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Pratt_(businessman))
The richest people on earth are unknown. They’re the oil tycoons in the Middle East that pump out liquid gold. I guarantee this graphic was made using publicly available information.