Ideally, money isn’t the only reason to choose a career, but a big paycheck can go a long way toward making a hard job feel worthwhile, especially if it leads to you becoming one of the richest people in the world. Each industry in the world today can boast to creating a billion-dollar fortune for some people. But certain industries offer a more common route to riches than others. The industries that historically promote wealth creation for billionaires have undergone a number of changes in recent times, with industries that foster innovation seeing huge increase in value and growth.
Here are the top 10 that produce the highest number of billionaires.
Rank | Industry | No. of billionaires |
1. | Finance & Investments | 393 |
2. | Manufacturing | 337 |
3. | Technology | 332 |
4. | Fashion & Retail | 250 |
5. | Healthcare | 217 |
6. | Food & Beverage | 203 |
7. | Real Estate | 193 |
8. | Diversified | 180 |
9. | Media & Entertainment | 109 |
10. | Energy | 95 |