What comes to your mind when you think of the world’s billionaires? Many people are only able to name a handful of people that have a networth of over a billion dollars, despite there being thousands of billionaires worldwide.
Most billionaire lists will cover very influential and famous billionaires, such as Jeff Bezos or Elon musk. This list, however, will go over some billionaires you probably have never even heard of before, such as this individual.
Additionally, our list will not include more than one person from the same country, so we can see how the lives of billionaires are from around the world! Keep in mind that the names on this list are in no particular order:
- Graeme Hart
Graeme Hart is one of few billionaires from New Zealand! This businessman made his fortune by buying out underperforming companies and turning them around to make a profit.
Graeme Hart’s net worth in 2023 is $9.9 billion USD.
- Sergio Fogel and Andres Bzurovski
Sergio Fogel and Andres Bzurovski are the only two billionaires in the country of Uruguay. Sergio and Andresl are both the co-founders of a fintech company based in Uruguay called dLocal, and they each own 17% of the shares.
Sergio Fogel and Andres Bzurovski have an estimated net worth of $1.1 billion USD each according to Forbes as of January 2023.
- Zhong Shanshan
Founder and chairman of a Chinese bottled water company, Zhong Shanshan is a surprisingly high name in the list of billionaires, sitting at spot #16. Since 2012, Zhong’s company, Nongfu Spring, has been the leading seller of packaged beverages in China.
Zhong Shanshan has an estimated net worth of $70 billion USD in 2023.
- Eduardo Saverin
If you aren’t a major investor or employee of Meta (Facebook), then there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of the company’s Brazilian cofounder, Eduardo Saverin. Eduardo Saverin co-founded Facebook, now Meta, with Mark Zuckerburg in 2004 after they had met as classmates in Harvard.
Today, Eduardo has a net worth of $7.9 billion USD, making him Brazil’s richest.
- Max Lytvyn
Canada’s richest person is the cofounder of the famous grammar tool, Grammarly. He founded the company Alex Shevchenko and Dmytro Lider in 2009 and is currently the head of revenue. The three of them were born in Ukraine, and had later moved to Canada and obtained citizenship there.
As of 2023, Max Lytvyn’s net worth is $2.2 billion USD.
- Dieter Schwarz
Ranked $28th in the world and #1 in Germany, Dieter Schwarz is another lesser-known billionaire that is relatively high up on the list of billionaires. Dieter Schwarz made his fortune after turning his father’s small company he inherited into Europe’s largest retail conglomerate. Today, the Schwarz Group employs over 500,000 people.
Dieter Schwarz’s net worth as of January 2023 is $36 billion USD.
- Tadashi Yanai
The richest person in Japan is Tadashi Yanai, and he is another benefactor of leading a large retail empire. Fast Retailing is a multi-billion dollar company that holds many other retail brands including Theory, Helmut Lang, J Brand, and GU. If you want to read more about the companies that are a part of Fast Retailing, read here.
As of January 2023, Tadashi Yanai has a net worth of $29 billion USD.
- Marcos Galperin
Considered to be the founder of the eBay of Latin America, Marcos Galperin earned his fortune after founding the popular e-commerce platform, MercadoLibre. The platform operates in 18 Latin American Countries as well as Portugal and is also public on the Nasdaq.
Due to his success with MercadoLibre, Marcos Galperin is Argentina’s richest with a net worth of $4.6 billion USD.
- Mukesh Ambani
We’ve saved Mukesh Ambani for the ninth spot on our list, as that is also his spot on Forbes real time billionaire list. Mukesh Ambani is the 9th richest person globally as he is the chairman of Reliance Industries.
As of January 2023, Mukesh Ambani has an estimated net worth of $88 billion USD.
Of course, this is just a sampling of the many billionaires around the world. But we bet now you know a few more billionaires than you did before!
