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 |
