Who wants to be a billionaire?
Where do billionaires live?
Key questions:
- What does a billion pounds buy?
- Who are the celebrity billionaires?
- Where do most billionaires live?
- What do global patterns of billionaire wealth look like?
Key Concepts:
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What does a billion pounds buy?
It would pay for the construction of the new Wembley Stadium and three London Eyes – with 10 million pounds change!
Who are celebrity billionaires?
J K Rowling and Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Richard Branson are just a few.
Where do most billionaires live?
Most billionaires live in the USA, roughly half of the world total. Around a quarter live in Europe, followed by Asia and then the rest of the world. The numbers in Asia are growing rapidly but there are still only a handful of billionaires in Africa.
What do global patterns of billionaire wealth look like?
The number of billionaires in a region is not proportional to the size of the population of the region.
Click on an activity:
Starter
Main activity
Plenary
Interactives:
Celebrity billionaire 'Guess Who'
What does a billion pounds buy?
Where do most billionaires live?
Downloads:
Word version of 'Where do most billionaires live?' interactive
The top 100 billionaires
All billionaires by region
Links:
Worldmapper: Wealth map
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/
(Select WEALTH from the A-Z index; there is no billionaire map at the time of writing, but several wealth maps are provided)
Forbes Billionaire List (select lists, then billionaire)
www.forbes.com