Including insights from the Wealth-X Billionaire Census 2017

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TheTech Billionaire
Including insights from theWealth-X Billionaire Census 2017
5 June,2017
Presented byWinston Chesterfield
Director: Wealth-X Custom Research

2. A snapshot of the world’s billionaires in 2016

3. Like the general population, wealth distribution is
not evenly spread amongst billionaires
Just over half of all billionaires had a
net worth of less than $2bn, with
95% holding a personal fortune of
between $1bn and $10bn

4. Among the top 30 countries, Japan saw the biggest
increase in the number of billionaires
-27%
-22%
-21%
-19%
-17%
6%
6%
8%
10%
15%
Rank (out of 30) % change in billionaire population in 2016
18 Japan
13 Italy
10 United Arab Emirates
1 United States
14 Spain
29 Austria
8 Hong Kong
17 Canada
12 Brazil
22 Australia
Source: Wealth-X

5. NewYork retains the top billionaire city spot
Source: Wealth-X

6. The volatile nature of
extreme wealth

7. Change in wealth over 2016
Source: Wealth-X

8. Changes in billionaires’ portfolios
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Private holdings Public holdings Liquid assets Real estate and luxury assets
Year-on-year asset allocation
2015 2016
Source: Wealth-X

9. The average person who became a billionaire in
2016…
Married
Male
92%
Almost half of
wealth is in
private holdings
Source: Wealth-X
Note: Circles only in orange indicate that new billionaires
are similar to the general billionaire population.
Average net
worth
US$1.7
bn
US$3.1
bn
Average
age
5464
Self-made
wealth
62%55%
The average billionaire
The average person to
become a billionaire in
2016

10. Tech and textiles accounted for a sizeably higher
proportion of new billionaires in 2016
20%
5% 5%
7%
3%
19%
9%
7%
9%
6%
Finance/ banking/
investment
Technology Textiles, apparel & luxury
goods
Real estate Oil, gas & consumable Fuels
% of all billionaires by primary industry
% of new or those no longer billionnaires in 2016
Source: Wealth-X,2016
New billionaires No longer billionaires

11. Yan Wu
Chairwoman of Hakim Unique Internet
Source of wealth:Self-made
Primary residence:Zhejiang, China
Married
Net worth:$1.1bn
Source: Wealth-X

12. The rising
importance of tech

13. A look at tech billionaires in 2016…
Nearly 20 new tech billionaires in 2016
115TECH BILLIONAIRES IN TOTAL
45%
26%
5%
US$5.2bn
17%
92%
US$3.1bn
25%
55%
AVERAGE WEALTH
LIQUIDASSETS
AVERAGE AGE
SELF-MADE
Top 3 countries
(by primary business address)
Source: Wealth-X,2016
*Proportion of individuals whose home address, as opposed to primary business address,
is exclusively outside of the US/China/S Korea respectively
51 64
The average billionaire
The average tech billionaire
(% of
immigrants*)
(% of
billionaires)
15%
3%
0%

14. On philanthropy: tech billionaires more likely to give
and more likely to give more
Average lifetime giving
$441m
Average tech billionaire
$254m
Average billionaire
25%
of tech billionaires give over
$100m in their lifetime*
21%
of billionaires give over
$100m in their lifetime*
Source: Wealth-X,2016* Proportion of givers who have given public philanthropic gifts over$100min theirlifetime

15. Tech billionaire:
archetype

16. Tech billionaires: fast gains, future thinking
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17. Leading trait: modern day Howard Hughes
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18. Tech billionaires: independent minds archetype
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