Cities With the Most Billionaires (Forbes)
Source:
Forbes, via Wikipedia
Key Findings
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New York City leads in Number of billionaires with 123 in 2025.
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Average Number of billionaires in 2025: 72.30 · median: 67.50.
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Gap in 2025: New York City is 2.2× larger than Los Angeles.
About This Dataset
Cities With the Most Billionaires (Forbes)
Billionaire counts are compiled by wealth researchers who assign each person to a primary city of residence. This chart uses the Forbes 2025 count; a second chart on this site shows the Hurun Research Institute count, which reaches different numbers for the same cities.
Analysis
New York City has the most billionaires with 123, ahead of Moscow on 90. The 10 cities here are home to 723 billionaires between them, and New York City alone accounts for 17% of that. Counts like these depend entirely on where a researcher decides someone lives, which is why the Forbes and Hurun lists disagree: Hurun puts New York City on 146, 23 higher than the Forbes figure for the same city.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Forbes, via Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 10 entities · 2025 · 10 observations
- Measure
- Number of billionaires
- Last updated
- 10 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2025.
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