Without any further fanfare, here are the 14 countries throughout the world that are home to the most billionaires:
14. Singapore – 21 Billionaires 13. Spain – 25 Billionaires 12. Turkey – 29 Billionaires 11. Japan – 33 Billionaires 10. Switzerland – 35 Billionaires 9. France – 39 Billionaires 8. Italy – 42 Billionaires 7. United Kingdom – 55 Billionaires 6. Hong Kong – 69 Billionaires 5. Russia – 96 Billionaires 4.
Snapchat CEO: Evan Spiegel Founded: 2012 Valuation: $16-20 billion Total Funding: $1.2 billion Snap Chat is a photo messaging app that allows users to send photos and videos to each other. The trick is that the photos and videos are set to expire within 10 seconds or less. The app took off in the fall of 2011, and is now used by nearly 200 million people – for free. In 2013, Spiegel spurned an offer from Facebook to acquire the company for $3 billion.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the most legendary composers to ever walk the earth. With famous works such as “Serenade No. 13,” “Requiem,” and “Symphony No. 40,” Mozart has remained one of the most popular musicians of all time. As a result, the classical period composer still has millions of fans across the globe centuries after his death. It is for this reason that Decca and Deutsche Grammophon produced Mozart 225, an album which is comprised of 200 CDs worth of Mozart’s work that spans over 240 hours in length.
Now, full disclosure – the trailer park that Hsieh calls home (or, more specifically, “Llamapolis”) is actually owned by Hsieh, as opposed to the usual arrangement favored by trailer park residents, who generally just own the trailer and the stuff inside it. But still, the fact remains that Hsieh, who has enough money to afford all manner of lavish vestibules beyond most people’s wildest imaginations, lives in a relatively tiny Airstream trailer, with only a pet alpaca to keep him company.
She later founded a center for rehabilitating lost, abused, or abandoned animals, beginning with wolves, and then adding pit bulls, and finally other animals in Villalobos in California. Based on a suggestion from her husband, she began hiring parolees to help care for the animals. The program quickly grew, and attracted the attention of television networks. The reality show, “Pit Bulls and Parolees” began airing on Animal Planet in 2009.
He scored the winning goal against Sunderland in the semi-final that led to their first FA Cup finals appearance. He then moved to Everton, where he became a fan favorite. In 2012, after eight years with Everton, he signed with the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. He scored the fastest goal in MLS history in October 2013, when he scored seven seconds into a game against the Houston Dynamo.
The two have been friends for years but only recently began dating, allegedly. In July 2013, the two were spotted vacationing together in Saint-Tropez but they still insist they are just friends. Outside of Wall Street, Lichtenstein manages a philanthropic foundation that gives money away to many deserving causes, especially those that focus on Jewish heritage.
Stephen Schwarzman has a net worth of $13.4 billion. After getting his bachelors from Yale and MBA from Harvard, he went to work for Lehman Brothers, eventually ascending through the ranks to managing director and head of gobal acquisitions and mergers. He left Lehman Brothers in the mid-1980s to co-found The Blackstone Group. The Blackstone Group currently manages nearly $190 billion in assets for various entities, and the value of the firm actually increased by 15% in 2011.
Janet Jackson & Wissam Al Mana (net worth $1 billion) After dating for more than a year, Janet Jackson and Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana were married in a secret private ceremony back in 2012. Al Mana is the managing director of the Al Mana Retail Group and the Al Mana Luxury Company which has exclusive licensing deals throughout the middle east with brands like Armani, Hermes, Roberto Cavalli and Balenciaga.
He formed Impact Venture Partners in New York City in 2000 and later became a Venture Partner at Austin Ventures. He has invested in several technology companies like Hotjobs.com and OpenTable. He launched the financial app Clarity Money in 2016 which was backed by George Soros and Bessemer Venture Partners. Adam Dell has a daughter with author and actress Padma Lakshmi. He was also a visiting professor at the University of Texas School of Law.
AKB48 is the brainchild of Japanese music producer, Yasushi Akimoto. His goal was to create a group that, rather than touring constantly, occupied its own performance space. Audience members could come see the group perform live regularly, and could actually interact with the singers. He dubbed it the “idols you can meet” concept. He held auditions during the summer of 2005. 7,924 female singers, ranging in age from their mid-teens to early 20s, auditioned for the group.
In addition to modeling she manages a photography studio, DJ agency, and distributes her own clothes and cosmetics lines. Ana also co-hosts Programma da Tarde on the Rede Record TV network in Brazil. She has also served as magician’s assistant to Mario Kamia. Ana married Alexander Correa in 1998 and gave birth to her first child Alexandre in 2014. Ana has blonde hair and blue eyes and is 6'1″ tall.
The United States tried on many occasions to have the Turkish government transfer him for trial in the US, but it was denied. In 1975, Turkey gave amnesty for drug offenders, reducing his life sentence to twenty five years. That same year in July he was moved to İmralı Prison, from which he escaped on October 2 1975. Hayes wrote about his experience in his autobiographic book “Midnight Express”, which was adapted for the 1978 film of the same name.
Diaw has been with the Spurs since 2012, and currently plays with San Antonio as of October of 2014. He earned French League Rising Star honors in 2002 and was named the French Player’s MVP a year later. In 2006, Diaw was the league’s Most Improved Player while playing with the Suns, and he was part of the Spurs’ 2014 NBA Championship-winning team. Diaw competed internationally with the French national team, earning a gold medal at the 2013 FIBA EuroBasket in Slovenia and a bronze at the 2014 World Cup in Spain.
He is a veteran of the United States Army. Fletcher started to study karate while serving in Germany and became a second degree black belt. He worked for the U.S Postal Service and started weightlifting. Fletcher now owns Iron Addicts Gyms in Signal Hill, California, Las Vegas, and Miami. C.T. Fletcher was profiled in the 2015 documentary “CT Fletcher: My Obsession” which has recently gained a large audience thanks to Netflix.
Ward was a point guard who played at Thomas County Central High School and Florida State. He was drafted #26 overall by the New York Knicks in the 1994 NBA Draft. Ward played for the Knicks from 1994 to 2004, the San Antonito Spurs in 2004, and the Houston Rockets from 2004 to 2005. As a quarterback at Florida State he won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, Johnny Unitas Award, Davey O’Brien Award, Sullivan Award, and Chic Harley Award in 1993.
As of 2002, Darren Hayes went on solo realizing his first album as a “soloist” titled Spin. Selling two million copies globally, the album debuted at no. 2 in the UK and no. 3 in Australia, as well as it spawned the hit song “Insatiable”. As for his subsequent solo efforts, they include: The Tension and the Spark (2004), The Tension and the Spark (2004), This Delicate Thing We’ve Made (2007), We Are Smug (2009) and Secret Codes and Battleships (2011).
H released the album The David Frizzell & Shelly West Album (with Shelly West) in 1982 which reached #8 on the US Country chart. His album The Family’s Fine, But This One’s All Mine was released in 1982 and reached #7 on the same chart. He has also released the albums Our Best to You (with Shelly West) in 1983, On My Own Again in 1983, In Session (with Shelly West) in 1984, Solo in 1984, Golden Duets (The Best of Frizzell & West) (with Shelly West) in 1984, My Life Is Just a Bridge in 1993, For the Love of Country in 1999, Confidentiality in 2004, Frizzelli & Friends – This Is Our Time in 2010, Frizzelli & Friends – It’ll Be Alright in 2012, and Frizzeli & Friends present Buddy Holly Country Tribute: Remember Me in 2014.
At LAByrinth, he met his future wife, actress Liza Colón-Zayas. Zayas also played a corrupt police officer in the 2006 feature film 16 Blocks and an NYPD officer in 2007’s Michael Clayton. He was featured in the 2010 independent film Shadowboxing, which appeared on the film festival circuit. He was also cast in Sylvester Stallone’s feature film The Expendables and The Brothers Strause’s film Skyline. In 2012, Zayas played Ernie Trask, a hotel super, in the twelfth episode of season 1 of the hit CBS crime thriller Person of Interest.
Marshall played with the Warriors until 2000, then later the Utah Jazz from 2000 until 2002, the Chicago Bulls from 2002 until 2003, the Toronto Raptors from 2003 until 2005, the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2005 until 2008, the Seattle SuperSonics in 2008, and the Philadelphia 76ers from 2008 until 2009. Marshall earned All-Rookie second-team honors following the end of this first season with the Warriors. He finished his career with 10,716 points, 6,376 rebounds, and 1,305 assists.