This statistic shows the leading wealth-building industries worldwide in 2016, by number of billionaires. Fashion and retail produced the second highest number of billionaires at 221 as of 2016.
Leading wealth-building industries worldwide as of March 2016, by number of billionaires
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Forbes. (March 7, 2016). Leading wealth-building industries worldwide as of March 2016, by number of billionaires [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/626031/wealth-building-industries-worldwide-by-number-of-billionaires/
Forbes. "Leading wealth-building industries worldwide as of March 2016, by number of billionaires ." Chart. March 7, 2016. Statista. Accessed February 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/626031/wealth-building-industries-worldwide-by-number-of-billionaires/
Forbes. (2016). Leading wealth-building industries worldwide as of March 2016, by number of billionaires . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/626031/wealth-building-industries-worldwide-by-number-of-billionaires/
Forbes. "Leading Wealth-building Industries Worldwide as of March 2016, by Number of Billionaires ." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/626031/wealth-building-industries-worldwide-by-number-of-billionaires/
Forbes, Leading wealth-building industries worldwide as of March 2016, by number of billionaires Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/626031/wealth-building-industries-worldwide-by-number-of-billionaires/ (last visited February 01, 2023)
Leading wealth-building industries worldwide as of March 2016, by number of billionaires [Graph], Forbes, March 7, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/626031/wealth-building-industries-worldwide-by-number-of-billionaires/