This statistic shows the top ten cities with the largest share of billionaires who inherited their wealth in 2015. In 2015, 82 percent of billionaires in Bielefeld-Detmold inherited their wealth.
Top ten cities worldwide with the largest share of billionaires who inherited their wealth in 2015
Characteristic
Share of billionaires who inherited
Bielefeld-Detmold
82%
Nice, Monaco
80%
Sao Paulo
74%
Seoul
72%
Delhi
71%
Stockholm
70%
Mumbai
67%
Zurich
67%
Santiago
67%
Paris
63%
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