
Moscow took second place in the world ranking of cities, where most billionaires were born, losing only to New York. Such data are given by SPEAR's publication based on the data of the Wealthinsight analytical company. 52 billionaires were born in New York, 22 in Moscow, in London, which took third place-21. In St. Petersburg, which fell into the middle of the TOP-25 (divided 14-17th place with Madrid, Foshan and Hangzhou), 6 billionaires were born.
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Source: Spear's
As the Wealthinsight analyst Oliver Williams notes, given that the average age of a billionaire is 63 years old, this rating reflects more likely cities that were economically successful several decades ago than right now.