300 OR 13% OF WORLD’S BILLIONAIRES ARE IMMIGRANTS GOOGLE FOUNDER SERGEY BRIN, 43, RICHEST IMMIGRANT IN WORLD WITH US$36BN, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE SOROS USA IMMIGRATION DESTINATION OF CHOICE FOR 73, FOLLOWED BY SWITZERLAND AND UK, 42 AND 39 LONDON ‘IMMIGRATION BILLIONAIRE CAPITAL OF WORLD’ GERMANY AND INDIA COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN FOR MOST IMMIGRANT BILLIONAIRES, WITH 31 AND 30, FOLLOWED BY CHINA WITH 24 14% IMMIGRATED AS CHILDREN, 18% AS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, 41% AS ADULTS 27% IMMIGRATED HAVING MADE THEIR FORTUNE. UK & SWITZERLAND IMMIGRANT BILLIONAIRE CAPITALS OF WORLD 19 BILLIONAIRE IMMIGRANTS UNDER AGE OF 45, LED BY JOHN COLLISON OF IRELAND, 27. OTHERS INCLUDE UBER CO-FOUNDER GARRET CAMP OF CANADA, WHATSAPP FOUNDER JAN KOUM OF UKRAINE NETHERLANDS-BORN CHARLENE CARVALHO OF HEINEKEN WEALTHIEST IMMIGRANT WOMAN WITH US$11BN 40% OF HURUN GLOBAL RICH LIST RESIDE IN SAME PLACE AS WHERE THEY GREW UP, LED BY BILL GATES IN SEATTLE AND WARREN BUFFETT IN OMAHA LEADING AUTHORITY ON GLOBAL WEALTHY RELEASES HURUN IMMIGRANT BILLIONAIRES LIST 2017, PROUDLY PRESENTED BY CHINA-BASED IMMIGRATION BRAND WAILIAN GROUP (21 March 2017, Beijing, China) Hurun Report and Wailian Group today released the Hurun Immigrant Billionaires List 2017, a ranking of the immigrant billionaires from around the world. The Hurun team of researchers extensively went through the Hurun Global Rich List 2017, pulling out all first generation immigrants, those who reside today in a country different to where they were born and/or brought up. This is the first year of the list and is a sublist of the Hurun Global Rich List 2017 series, released on 7 March. Hoogewerf said, “We believe this to be the first serious attempt to track the immigration status of the world’s billionaires.” 1 / 28
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300 OR 13% OF WORLD’S BILLIONAIRES ARE IMMIGRANTS
GOOGLE FOUNDER SERGEY BRIN, 43, RICHEST IMMIGRANT IN WORLD WITH US$36BN, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE SOROS
USA IMMIGRATION DESTINATION OF CHOICE FOR 73, FOLLOWED BY SWITZERLAND AND UK, 42 AND 39
LONDON ‘IMMIGRATION BILLIONAIRE CAPITAL OF WORLD’
GERMANY AND INDIA COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN FOR MOST IMMIGRANT BILLIONAIRES, WITH 31 AND 30, FOLLOWED BY CHINA WITH 24
14% IMMIGRATED AS CHILDREN, 18% AS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, 41% AS ADULTS
27% IMMIGRATED HAVING MADE THEIR FORTUNE. UK & SWITZERLAND IMMIGRANT BILLIONAIRE CAPITALS OF WORLD
19 BILLIONAIRE IMMIGRANTS UNDER AGE OF 45, LED BY JOHN COLLISON OF IRELAND, 27. OTHERS INCLUDE UBER CO-FOUNDER GARRET CAMP OF CANADA,
WHATSAPP FOUNDER JAN KOUM OF UKRAINE
NETHERLANDS-BORN CHARLENE CARVALHO OF HEINEKEN WEALTHIEST IMMIGRANT WOMAN WITH US$11BN
40% OF HURUN GLOBAL RICH LIST RESIDE IN SAME PLACE AS WHERE THEY GREW UP, LED BY BILL GATES IN SEATTLE AND WARREN BUFFETT IN OMAHA
LEADING AUTHORITY ON GLOBAL WEALTHY RELEASES HURUN IMMIGRANT BILLIONAIRES LIST 2017, PROUDLY PRESENTED BY CHINA-BASED IMMIGRATION
BRAND WAILIAN GROUP
(21 March 2017, Beijing, China) Hurun Report and Wailian Group today released the Hurun Immigrant Billionaires List 2017, a ranking of the immigrant billionaires from around the world. The Hurun team of researchers extensively went through the Hurun Global Rich List 2017, pulling out all first generation immigrants, those who reside today in a country different to where they were born and/or brought up. This is the first year of the list and is a sublist of the Hurun Global Rich List 2017 series, released on 7 March. Hoogewerf said, “We believe this to be the first serious attempt to track the immigration status of the world’s billionaires.”
The Hurun Immigrant Billionaires List 2017 found 300 billionaires in 44, who migrated from 67 countries. They had an average wealth of US$3.8bn, 6% higher than the average of the Hurun Global Rich List 2017, and an average age of 65 years, one higher than the global list. 30 of the 300 are women, led by Charlene Carvalho, born in the Netherlands and living in London. The most successful self-made female billionaire is ‘Chinese Restaurant Queen’ Peggy Cherng, born in Myanmar, now living in California. 130 have listed companies, with the USA the preferred destination for listing.
Rupert Hoogewerf, Chairman and Chief Researcher of Hurun Report, said, “Immigration is polarising nations today, playing a key part in Brexit, Trump’s election and the current Dutch, French and German elections. This report is designed to give an insight into how immigrants have contributed to global wealth creation, creating new jobs and tax revenues in the countries they have immigrated to.”
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Hoogewerf said, “We are delighted to be putting this report out with Wailian Group, a leading a leading investment immigration brand from China, specializing in overseas immigration, investment, and education.”
TABLE: Top 10 Immigrant Billionaires – Hurun Global Rich List 2017
NameNet Worth US$Bn
Age Main Company Country of Residence
Country of Origin
1 Sergey Brin 36 43 Google USA Russia
2 George Soros 27 86 Soros Fund Management USA Hungary
3 Jorge Paulo Lemann 26 77 AbInbev Switzerland Brazil
4 Leonard Blavatnik 19 59 Lyondellbasell UK Ukraine
4 Galen Weston & family 19 76 George Weston Canada UK
6 Thomas Peterffy 15 72 Interactive Brokers USA Hungary
7 Elon Musk 14 45 Tesla Motors USA South Africa
7 Viktor Vekselberg 14 59 Renova Russia Ukraine
7 SP Hinduja & family 14 81 Hinduja UK British India
10 Gerard Wertheimer 13 66 Chanel USA France10 Stefano Pessina 13 75 Walgreen Monaco Italy10 Joseph Safra 13 78 Safra Brazil Lebanon
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
Sergey Brin, 43, of Google is the richest first generation immigrant billionaire in the world with a net worth of US$36bn. He is president of Google’s parent company Alphabet, which today has a market cap of close to US$600bn. Brin was born in Moscow, but immigrated with his family to the USA to escape Jewish persecution in 1979. Brin leads five immigrant billionaire shareholders of Google, including Andy von Bechtolsheim, David Cheriton, Kavitark Ram Shriram and Omid Kordestani. Hoogewerf said, “More than any company on the planet, Google has created the most immigrant billionaires.”
George Soros, 86, of Soros Fund Management, migrated from Hungary to USA, via the UK. Soros left Hungary at the age of 17 for London. He later moved to New York, worked on Wall Street and established a hedge fund in the USA. His philanthropic organization, the Open Society Foundations, supports democracy and human rights in more than 100 countries. He has a net worth of US$27bn.
Jorge Paulo Lemann, 77, co-founder of 3G capital, an investment firm. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Lemann studied at Harvard before before migrating to Switzerland. Leman is known to be an accomplished tennis player, having won the Brazilian national championship five times and represented both Brazil and Switzerland in the Davis Cup.
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Galen Weston & family, 76, a British-Canadian businessmen and philanthropist is the executive chairman of George Weston Limited and has a fortune of US$19bn. Weston was born in the UK, and went to university in Canada, where he lives today.
Leonard Blavatnik, 59, of Lyondellbasell with a net worth of US$19bn, was raised in Russia and immigrated to the USA with his family in 1978, becoming a citizen in 1984.
Thomas Peterffy, 72, was born in Hungary, but left his engineering studies and immigrated to the United States as a refugee in 1965.
Elon Musk, 45, of Tesla with a net worth of US$14bn, was born and brought up in South Africa, before moving to the US via Canada. At 17 years, Musk moved to Canada to study at Queen’s University and avoid mandatory service in the South African military, and three years later moved to the USA where he studied business and physics at the University of Pennsylvania.
With US$14bn, SP Hinduja today lives in London, but was born in Karachi in British India. Hinduja started out in his father’s textile business in India and made his name after the acquisition of Ashok Leyland and Gulf Oil, and the establishment of banks in Switzerland and India in the 1990s.
Viktor Vekselberg, 59, co-founder of Russia’s leading asset manager Renova was born in 1957 to a Ukrainian Jewish father and a Russian mother in Ukraine, and today lives in Moscow. Vekselberg has a net worth of US$14bn and is known to finance the restoration and construction of synagogues in Russia.
Gennady Timchenko, 64, with a net worth of US$13bn is the co-founder of Gunvar Group. Timchenko moved from Russia to Finland in 1991 and today lives in Geneva, Switzerland.
Joseph Safra, 78, with a net worth of US$13bn is the founder of Safra Group. Safra was born in Syria and bought up in Lebanon, before moving to Brazil in 1955 and starting in financing assets in Sao Paulo. Safra is a renowned philanthropist.
Preferred destinations and Where they come from
USA is the preferred destination for immigrants with 73 billionaires followed by Switzerland (42) and UK (39). Hoogewerf said, “Half the billionaires residing in Switzerland, UK, Singapore, UAE, Israel and Monaco are immigrants.”
300 billionaires migrated to 44 countries, including the Channel Islands from 67 countries.
Hoogewerf said, “It is difficult sometimes to pinpoint where billionaires live, since they are often ‘global citizens’, splitting their time between multiple residences. Tax plays an important part of the country of choice for billionaires, especially those from high tax regimes.”
TABLE: By Country – Preferred Residences
Country of Residence No. of billionaires Immigrant billionaires as % of total no. of billionaires
1 USA 73 13%2 Switzerland 42 51%3 UK 39 48%4 Russia 20 29%
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5 UAE 13 62%6 Singapore 11 50%7 Canada 10 29%8 Australia 8 30%9 Israel 7 50%9 Monaco 7 87%Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: By Country – Places of Origin
Germany and India are the countries of origin for most billionaires, followed by China and the UK. Hoogewerf said, “Germany is a surpising Number One source of immigrant billionaires. High local taxes are one of the most important reasons for billionaires to immigrate from Germany, UK, Italy, Sweden and France.”
Place of Origin No. of billionaires Preferred Destination (No: of Immigrants)
1 Germany 31 Switzerland (12)2 India 30 UAE (13)3 Greater China 24 USA (9)4 UK 16 Switzerland ( 5)5 USA 13 Australia (2), UK (2)6 Italy 11 Switzerland (5)6 Sweden 11 UK (6)8 France 10 Switzerland (4)8 Ukraine 10 Russia (6)10 South Africa 9 USA (4)Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: By City – Preferred Destinations
London is the immigrant billionaire capital of the world, followed by Moscow, Geneva and New York.
City of Residence No. of billionaires1 London 352 Moscow 203 Geneva 124 New York 105 Dubai 95 San Francisco 95 Los Angeles 98 Singapore 89 Beverly Hills 79 Monte Carlo 7
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
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TABLE: When Immigrated?
One third immigrated as minors or for university, with two thirds immigrating as adults. Interestingly, 18% immigrated for university education, and 27% having already made their fortune.
When immigrated? % of billionaires Wealthiest billionaire (US$bn)
As a minor with family 14%Sergey Brin (36)Joseph Safra (13)Patrick Drahi (10)
University, then stayed on 18%Leonard Blavatnik (19)Elon Musk (14)Viktor Vekselberg (14)
As an adult 41% George Soros (27)Thomas Peterffy (15)Gennady Timchenko (13)
After making their fortune 27%Jorge Paulo Lemann (26)Galen Weston (19)SP Hinduja (14)
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
Irish entrepreneuers John Collison and Patrick Collison studied at MIT and Harvard respectively, then dropped out to found payment tech company Stripes.
Jan Koum (41), the Ukranian co-founder of Whatsapp migrated as a minor with his family to California under a Social Support Program by the US. The 19 member Whatsapp team was sold to Facebook for US$19bn.
Richard Branson (66), who made his fortune in the UK, is based in the BVI, on Necker Island, where he recently hosted Barack Obama.
Pierre Omidyar, 49, founder of eBay, was born in Paris to Iranian immigrant parents, before moving to the USA due to his father’s work, where he went to school and university.
Jerry Yang, 48, was born in Taipei, Taiwan, before immigrating to the USA aged 10 with his family. Yang co-founded Yahoo! at Stanford University, and today runs his own investment business.
With US$2.2bn, Alec Gores, 63, immigrated to the USA from Israel, obtaining a degree in computer science from Western Michigan University. Gores made his fortune through leveraged buyouts of technology firms.
Nicholas Berggruen, 55, was born in Paris to a wealthy art collector and later came to the USA to study at New York University. Berggruen started out in real estate before moving on to investments and hedge funds.
Isaac Larian, 62, has US$1.2bn. At the age of 17, Larian arrived in the USA from Iran, later graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles. Larian’s fortune comes from toymaker MGA Entertainment, which produces Little Tikes line, Bratz dolls and Lalaloopsy dolls.
TABLE: Top 10 Migrants to the USA
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USA is the preferred country to immigrate to for billionaires. 73 billionaires from the Hurun Global Rich List migrated to the USA, led by Sergey Brin.
NameNet Worth US$Bn
Age Main Company Country of Origin
1 Sergey Brin 36 43 Google Russia2 George Soros 27 86 Soros Fund Management Hungary3 Thomas Peterffy 15 72 Interactive Brokers Hungary4 Elon Musk 14 45 Tesla Motors South Africa5 Gerard Wertheimer 13 66 Chanel France6 Rupert Murdoch 12 85 News Corp Australia7 Patrick Soon-Shiong 9.4 64 Nant Works South Africa8 Jan Koum 8.4 42 WhatsApp Ukraine9 Micky Arison 7.9 67 Carnival Cruises Israel10 Shahid Khan 7.0 66 Flex N Gate Pakistan
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: Top 10 Migrants to Switzerland
Half of Switzerland’s billionaires are migrant billionaires.
Name Net Worth US$Bn Age Main Company Country
of Origin1 Jorge Paulo Lemann 26 77 AbInbev Brazil2 Gennady Timchenko 13 64 Gunvor Armenia3 Klaus-Michael Kuhne 10 79 Kuehne & Nagel Germany4 Patrick Drahi 9.8 53 Altice Morocco5 Pierre Castel 9.3 90 Castel Freres France
6 Ernesto Bertarelli & family 9.1 51 Serono Italy
7 August von Finck 7.7 86 Allianz Germany8 Gianluigi Aponte 5.5 76 Mediterranean Shipping Italy9 Karl-Heinz Kipp 5.4 92 Hotel Eden Roc Germany10 Margarita Louis Dreyfus 5.1 54 Louis-Dreyfus Russia
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: Top 10 Migrants to UK
UK comes in third for most immigrant billionaires. Half its billionaires are immigrant billionaires.
Name Net Worth US$Bn Age Main Company Country of
Origin1 Leonard Blavatnik 19 59 Lyondellbasell Ukraine2 SP Hinduja & family 14 81 Hinduja British India3 Lakshmi N Mittal 12 64 ArcelorMittal India3 Hans Rausing 12 90 Tetra Pak Sweden
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5 Charlene Carvalho 11 62 Heineken Netherlands5 John Fredriksen 11 72 Frontline Norway7 Mikhail Fridman 8.6 52 Alfa Ukraine8 Roman Abramovich 7.9 50 Millhouse Russia9 Simon Reuben 6.7 69 Global Switch India9 David Reuben 6.7 74 Global Switch India
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: Top 10 Migrants from Germany
Switzerland is the residence of choice for billionaires originating from Germany.
NameNet Worth US$Bn
Age Main Company Country of Residence
1 Klaus-Michael Kuhne 10 79 Kuehne & Nagel Switzerland2 August von Finck 7.7 86 Allianz Switzerland
3 Stef Wertheimer & family 6.0 90 Iscar Israel
4 Karl-Heinz Kipp 5.4 92 Hotel Eden Roc Switzerland
5 Horst Paulmann & family 5.2 81 Cencosud Chile
6 Theo Muller 4.7 76 Theo Muller Switzerland7 Willi Liebherr & family 4.6 70 Liebherr Switzerland8 Andy von Bechtolsheim 4.3 61 Google USA9 Christoph Henkel 3.6 59 Henkel UK10 Traudl Engelhorn 3.5 87 Boehringer Mannheim Switzerland10 Ursula Engelhorn 3.5 - Boehringer Mannheim Switzerland
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: Top 10 Migrants from India
30 billionaires on the Hurun Global Rich List came from India and now live in different countries with the UAE and UK the preferred residences. Lakshmi Mittal left India aged 26 to set up a steel plant in Indonesia, before moving to the UK. The Reuben brothers were born in Mumbai, before migrating to Iraq and today live in the UK. MA Yusuff Ali was born in Kerala, India, before moving to Abu Dhabi. Micky Jagtiani was born in India, immigrated first to London before settling in the UAE.
NameNet Worth US$Bn
Age Main Company Country of Residence
1 Lakshmi N Mittal 12 64 ArcelorMittal UK2 Simon Reuben 6.7 69 Global Switch UK2 David Reuben 6.7 74 Global Switch UK4 MA Yusuff Ali 6.2 61 Emke UAE5 Micky Jagtiani 4.6 64 Landmark UAE6 Anil Agarwal 3.2 61 Vedanta Resource UK
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7 Romesh T Wadhwani 2.8 69 Symphony Technology USA8 Feroz Allana 2.7 - IFFCO UAE9 Ravi Pillai 2.2 64 RP UAE10 Prakash Lohia 2.1 63 Indorama Venture UK
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: Top 10 Migrants from Greater China
24 immigrant billionaires immigrated from Greater China, of which 3 were from Chinese Taipei. 11 Chinese immigrant billionaires left China prior to the 1949 Revolution, 8 prior to the Open Door Policy of the early eighties, 2 prior to 2000 and only 3 since 2000. The preferred destination was the USA for 9, followed by Singapore and Philippines with 5 each.
Hoogewerf said, “Despite much talk in China about the popularity of immigration amongst the business elite, surprisingly few have immigrated in the past twenty years. In fact, only three Chinese billionaires have taken up residence overseas in the past twenty years.”
NameNet Worth US$Bn
Age Main Company
Country of Residence
1 Henry Sy & family 9.7 92 Sm Prime Holding Philippines2 Eka Tjipta Widjaja & family 7.0 94 Sinar Mas Indonesia3 Harry Triguboff 6.5 83 Mir Investments Australia4 Wee Cho Yaw 6.3 88 United Overseas Bank Singapore5 John Gokongwei Jr 6.1 90 JG Summit Holding Philippines6 David Sun 4.7 65 Kingston Technology USA6 John Tu 4.7 76 Kingston Technology USA
8 Andrew & Peggy Cherng 4.4 69, 69 Panda Express USA
9 Roger Wang Hung 3.6 69 Golden Eagle USA
10 Chen Tianqiao & Luo Qianqian 3.5 44 Shanda Singapore
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
TABLE: Youngest Billionaire Immigrants
19 immigrant billionaires are under 45 years, of which 80% are self-made. The youngest is 27-year old John Collison of Ireland, who moved to the USA to set up Stripes with his brother Patrick. Others include Eduardo Saverin of Facebook, who now lives in Singapore, Uber co-founder Garret Camp from Canada, WhatsApp founder Jan Koum from Ukraine,
Age NameNet Worth US$Bn
Main Company Country of Residence
Country of Origin
27 John Collison 1.3 Stripes USA Ireland28 Patrick Collison 1.3 Stripes USA Ireland33 Tatiana Casiraghi 2.0 SABMiller Monaco USA34 Eduardo Saverin 7.5 Facebook Singapore Brazil
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34 Fahd Hariri 1.7 Turk Telekomunikasyon France Saudi
Arabia35 Divyank Turakhia 1.5 Directi UAE India37 Mike Cannon-Brookes 2.1 Atlassian Australia USA37 Markus Persson 1.7 Minecraft USA Sweden38 Garrett Camp 6.0 Uber Technologies USA Canada40 Shamsheer Vayalil 1.8 VPS Healthcare UAE India41 Karl-Johan Persson 1.5 H&M Sweden UK42 Jan Koum 8.4 WhatsApp USA Ukraine43 Sergey Brin 36 Google USA Russia43 Mark Scheinberg 4.0 PokerStars Isle of Man Canada43 Isabel Dos Santos 2.2 Unitel Angola Azerbaijan44 Andrey Melnichenko 7.4 Suek Russia Belarus
44 Chen Tianqiao & Luo Qianqian 3.5 Shanda Singapore China
44 God Nisanov 3.0 Radisson Royal Ukraine Hotel Russia Azerbaijan
44 Hamdi Ulukaya 2.0 Chobani USA TurkeySource: Hurun Research Institute 2017
Table: Billionaires who immigrated after making their fortune
27% of the immigrant billionaires left their countries of origin having made their fortune. Hoogewerf said, “It is often hard to determine the country the billionaires actually live in, because for some the country of residence is for tax convenience and not necessary where the family is based, and for others they split their time between several countries, where they have residences.
Name Net Worth (US$bn)
Age
Main Company Country of Residence
Country of Origin
1 Galen Weston & family 19 76 George Weston Canada UK
2 SP Hinduja & family 14 81 Hinduja Group India UK
3 Stefano Pessina 13 75 Walgreen Monaco Italy
4 Rupert Murdoch 12 85 News Corp USA Australia
4 Hans Rausing 12 90 Tetra Pak UK Sweden
6 John Fredriksen 11 72 Frontline UK Norway
6 Charlene Carvalho 11 62 Heineken UK Netherlands
8 Blair Parry-Okeden 10 66 Cox Enterprise Australia USA
TABLE: Top 10 Billionaires born and residing in same city
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett lead the path for entrepreneurs who live in the same place they came from.
Hoogewerf says, “We estimate 40% of billionaires live in the same city they come from. Interestingly, 60% of Chinese billionaires live in the city they were born in, led by Jack Ma of Alibaba, who was born and lives in Hangzhou, China.”
Name Net Worth (US$Bn) Age Main Company City
1 Bill Gates 81 61 Microsoft Medina
2 Warren Buffett 78 86 Berkshire Hathaway Omaha
3 Carlos Slim Helu & family 46 76 America Movil Mexico City
4 Charles Koch 43 81 Koch Industries Wichita
5 Liliane Bettencourt 37 94 L'Oreal Paris
6 Ingvar Kamprad 34 90 Ikea Almhult
7 Bertrand Puech 29 80 Hermes Paris
7 Jack Ma 29 52 Alibaba Hangzhou
9 Stefan Persson 20 69 Hennes & Mauritz Stockholm
10 Susanne Klatten 20 54 BMW Bad Homburg
Source: Hurun Research Institute 2017
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Hurun Immigrant Billionaires List 2017, proudly presented by Wailian Group
For the full list, see www.hurun.net
NameNet Worth US$Bn
Age Main Company Country of
ResidenceCountry of Origin
1 Sergey Brin 36 43 Google USA Russia
2 George Soros 27 86 Soros Fund Management USA Hungary
3 Jorge Paulo Lemann 26 77 AbInbev Switzerland Brazil4 Leonard Blavatnik 19 59 Lyondellbasell UK Ukraine
4 Galen Weston & family 19 76 George Weston Canada UK
6 Thomas Peterffy 15 72 Interactive Brokers USA Hungary
7 Elon Musk 14 45 Tesla Motors USA South Africa
7 Viktor Vekselberg 14 59 Renova Russia Ukraine
7 SP Hinduja & family 14 81 Hinduja UK British India
10 Gennady Timchenko 13 64 Gunvor Switzerland Armenia10 Gerard Wertheimer 13 66 Chanel USA France10 Stefano Pessina 13 75 Walgreen Monaco Italy10 Joseph Safra 13 78 Safra Brazil Lebanon14 Lakshmi N Mittal 12 64 ArcelorMittal UK India14 Rupert Murdoch 12 85 News Corp USA Australia14 Hans Rausing 12 90 Tetra Pak UK Sweden
17 Charlene Carvalho 11 62 Heineken UK Netherlands
17 Vagit Alekperov 11 66 Lukoil Russia Azerbaijan17 John Fredriksen 11 72 Frontline UK Norway17 Michael Otto & family 11 73 Otto Germany Poland21 Blair Parry-Okeden 10 66 Cox Enterprise Australia USA21 Klaus-Michael Kuhne 10 79 Kuehne & Nagel Switzerland Germany23 Patrick Drahi 9.8 53 Altice Switzerland Morocco24 Henry Sy & family 9.7 92 Sm Prime Holding Philippines China
25 Patrick Soon-Shiong 9.4 64 Nant Works USA South Africa
26 Pierre Castel 9.3 90 Castel Freres Switzerland France
27 Ernesto Bertarelli & family 9.1 51 Serono Switzerland Italy
28 Mikhail Fridman 8.6 52 Alfa UK Ukraine29 Jan Koum 8.4 42 WhatsApp USA Ukraine
30 Mohammed Al Amoudi 8.1 70 Corral Petroleum Saudi
Arabia Ethiopia
31 Roman Abramovich 7.9 50 Millhouse UK Russia31 Micky Arison 7.9 67 Carnival Cruises USA Israel33 August von Finck 7.7 86 Allianz Switzerland Germany
57 Karl-Heinz Kipp 5.4 92 Hotel Eden Roc Switzerland Germany58 Jorn Rausing 5.3 57 Tetra Pak UK Sweden58 Lino Saputo 5.3 80 Saputo Canada Italy60 Quek Leng Chan 5.2 75 Hong Leong Bank Malaysia Singapore
60 Horst Paulmann & family 5.2 81 Cencosud Chile Germany
62 Margarita Louis Dreyfus 5.1 54 Louis-Dreyfus Switzerland Russia
62 Finn Rausing 5.1 62 Tetra Pak UK Sweden62 Kirsten Rausing 5.1 64 Tetra Pak UK Sweden
62 Richard Branson 5.1 66 VirginBritish Virgin Islands
UK
66 Frederik Paulson 5.0 66 Ferring Pharmaceuticals Switzerland Sweden
67 Chung Mong-Koo 4.9 78 Hyundai South Korea
North Korea
68 Ivan Glasenberg 4.8 58 Glencore Switzerland South
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International Africa
68 Gianfelice Mario Rocca 4.8 67 Techint Argentina Italy
68 Paolo Mario Rocca 4.8 67 Techint Peru Italy
68 Hoang Kieu 4.8 72 RAAS Blood Products USA Vietnam
72 Theo Muller 4.7 76 Theo Muller Switzerland Germany72 Teh Hong Piow 4.7 86 Public Bank Malaysia Singapore
72 David Sun 4.7 65 Kingston Technology USA China
72 John Tu 4.7 76 Kingston Technology USA China
76 Micky Jagtiani 4.6 64 Landmark UAE India
76 Isolde Liebherr & family 4.6 67 Liebherr Switzerland Bavaria
76 Willi Liebherr & family 4.6 70 Liebherr Switzerland Germany79 Victor Gradin & family 4.5 84 Odebrecht Brazil USA
80 Han Chang-Woo & family 4.4 85 Maruhan Japan South
Korea
80 Andrew & Peggy Cherng 4.4 69,
69 Panda Express USA China
82 Andy von Bechtolsheim 4.3 61 Google USA Germany
83 Shari Arison 4.2 59 Carnival Cruises Israel USA
83 Naomi Azrieli & family 4.2 - Azrieli Canada Poland
85 Arnon Milchan 4.1 72 New Regency Movies Israel Palestine
85 Jeronimo Arango & family 4.1 91 Cifra USA Mexico
87 Mark Scheinberg 4.0 43 PokerStars Isle of Man Canada87 Leonid Fedun 4.0 60 Lukoil Russia Ukraine87 David Cheriton 4.0 65 Google USA Canada
87 Maria Elisabeth Schaeffler & family 4.0 75 Schaeffler Germany Czech
Republic91 Christoph Henkel 3.6 59 Henkel UK Germany91 Isak Andic & family 3.6 63 Mango Spain Turkey91 Roger Wang Hung 3.6 69 Golden Eagle USA China
94 Chen Tianqiao & Luo Qianqian 3.5 44 Shanda Singapore China