This statistic shows the top ten cities in the world with the largest amount of wealth held by billionaires from the technology and telecom industry in 2015. San Francisco Bay Area had the largest amount of wealth in this regard in 2015, 37 billionaires held a shared total of 274 billion U.S. dollars in wealth.
Top ten cities for technology and telecom billionaire wealth worldwide, 2015
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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The data are from Forbes 2015 Billionaires List.It covers 1,826 billionaires across the world and includes data on their net worth, country of origin, citizenship location of primary residence, age, marital status, industry, if their fortunes are inherited or self-made among other information. The Forbes data excludes billionaire
whose fortunes are tied to government corruption, drugs, or other similar illegal activity.
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Martin Prosperity Institute. (July 26, 2016). Top ten cities for technology and telecom billionaire wealth worldwide, 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/645105/cities-with-most-billionaire-technology-and-telecom-wealth/
Martin Prosperity Institute. "Top ten cities for technology and telecom billionaire wealth worldwide, 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. July 26, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/645105/cities-with-most-billionaire-technology-and-telecom-wealth/
Martin Prosperity Institute. (2016). Top ten cities for technology and telecom billionaire wealth worldwide, 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/645105/cities-with-most-billionaire-technology-and-telecom-wealth/
Martin Prosperity Institute. "Top Ten Cities for Technology and Telecom Billionaire Wealth Worldwide, 2015 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jul 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/645105/cities-with-most-billionaire-technology-and-telecom-wealth/
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