Who's the wealthiest person in the world's richest countries?
Daniel Coughlin
03 May 2024
Who's top of the pile?
Courtesy BlueCrest Capital Management
Vietnam – Pham Nhat Vuong: $4.3 billion (£3.4bn)
HOANG DINH NAM/AFP via Getty Images
Portugal – Maria Fernanda Amorim and family: $6.4 billion (£5.1bn)
Associated Press/Alamy Stock Photo
Poland – Michał Sołowow: $6.7 billion (£5.4bn)
Sipa US/Alamy Stock Photo
Norway – Ivar Tollefsen: $7.8 billion (£6.2bn)
EditwikiAH/Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED]
Belgium – Éric Wittouck: $8.5 billion (£6.8bn)
ART Collection/Alamy
Ireland – Shapoor Mistry: $9.3 billion (£7.4bn)
PHOTO BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE/HINDUSTAN TIMES/GETTY IMAGES
South Africa – Johann Rupert and family: $10.5 billion (£8.4bn)
Luke Walker/Getty Images
New Zealand – Graeme Hart: $10.6 billion (£8.5bn)
Fiona Goodall/Getty Images
South Korea – Jay Y Lee: $10.6 billion (£8.5bn)
KIM HONG-JI/POOL/AFP via Getty
Philippines – Manuel Villar: $11.4 billion (£9.1bn)
Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images
Malaysia – Robert Kuok: $12 billion (£9.6bn)
Imago/Alamy Stock Photo
Denmark – Anders Holch Povlsen: $12.3 billion (£9.8bn)
TARIQ MIKKEL KHAN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
Thailand – Dhanin Chearavanont: $12.9 billion (£10.3bn)
TORU YAMANAKA/AFP via Getty Images
Netherlands – Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and family: $14.2 billion (£11.4bn)
dpa picture alliance/Alamy
Saudi Arabia – Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud: $14.8 billion (£11.8bn)
ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty 2.7bn)
UAE – Pavel Durov: $15.5 billion (£12.4bn)
Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch
Singapore – Li Xiting: $15.6 billion (£12.5bn)
Timon Schneider/Alamy Stock Photo
Czech Republic – Renata Kellnerova and family: $17.5 billion (£14bn)
Courtesy PPF Group
Sweden – Stefan Persson: $17.6 billion (£14.1bn)
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
UK – Michael Platt: $18 billion (£14.4bn)
Courtesy BlueCrest Capital Management
Israel – Eyal Ofer: $24.2 billion (£19.3bn)
dpa picture alliance/Alamy
Brazil – Eduardo Saverin: $24.5 billion (£19.6bn)
Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic
Russia – Vagit Alekperov: $28.6 billion (£22.8bn)
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images
Australia – Gina Rinehart: $30.1 billion (£24bn)
Mark Brake/Getty
Switzerland – Gianluigi and Rafaela Aponte: $34.2 billion (£27.3bn)
dpa picture alliance/Alamy Stock Photo
Japan – Tadashi Yanai and family: $37.8 billion (£30.2bn)
Jun Sato/WireImage/Getty Images
Austria – Mark Mateschitz: $38.6 billion (£30.8bn)
Mark Thompson/Getty Images
Germany – Klaus-Michael Kuehne: $38.6 billion (£30.8bn)
Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images
Italy – Giovanni Ferrero: $42.7 billion (£34.1bn)
GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty
Indonesia – Prajogo Pangestu: $62.7 million (£50.1bn)
AFP/AFP via Getty Images
China – Zhong Shanshan: $69.1 billion (£55.2bn)
Imaginechina Limited/Alamy
Canada – David Thomson and family: $69.7 billion (£55.7bn)
Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
Mexico – Carlos Slim Helú and family: $100.5 billion (£80.3bn)
Sean Zanni/Getty Images
Spain – Amancio Ortega: $104.4 billion (£83.4bn)
Imaxepress/Alamy
India – Mukesh Ambani: $113.7 billion (£90.8bn)
Prodip Guha/Contributor/Getty Images
USA – Jeff Bezos: $202.4 billion (£161bn)
Joe Raedle/Getty Images
France – Bernard Arnault and family: $211.4 billion (£168bn)
ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty
Comments
Be the first to comment
Do you want to comment on this article? You need to be signed in for this feature