Billionaires

in 2021

by industry

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American billionaires

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Chinese billionaires

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The 2021 Forbes list of the world's billionaires included 2,755 billionaires spread over 18 industries. Just under half of all the billionaires are citizens of the U.S. or China, making them the top two countries with the most billionaires in the world.

Explore how American billionaires and Chinese billionaires dominate the list across all industries in the visualization below.

See how billionaires in China and the U.S. are distributed in different industries in the countries' charts. Also, learn more about the country's richest person in each industry by hovering over the bar.

China's count does not include Hong Kong and Macao, which Forbes lists separately.

Forbes' list of the World's Billionaires is calculated based on stock prices and exchange rates from March 5, 2021. To make the list, one's net worth must be at least one billion dollars. See the data and rankings here.