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Global Billionaires Financial Profiles
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Details the annual ranking of the world’s billionaires compiled by Forbes magazine for the year 2018. This resource identifies individuals globally with a net worth exceeding $1 billion, providing essential insight into their financial status, age, gender, geographic location, and primary income sources. The underlying data facilitates the study of global wealth distribution and trends among the ultra-rich.
Columns
- Rank: The relative position of the individual in the worldwide list of billionaires.
- Name: The full name of the wealthy individual.
- Age: The current age of the billionaires (the average age is approximately 63.6 years).
- Source: The main income source contributing to the individual's net worth, such as investments or real estate.
- Industry: The sector in which the individual primarily operates (e.g., Finance and Investments, Fashion & Retail).
- Gender: The sex of the billionaire, noting that the dataset is predominantly Male (88%).
- Continent: The continent where the business is primarily located (Asia is the most common).
- Country: The country of the business location (the United States holds the largest percentage).
- Headquarters: Specific location of the primary business headquarters.
- State: The state or regional location of the business.
- Net Worth: The total financial value of the individual, expressed in billions of US dollars (mean value is $4.1 billion).
- Title: The professional position or role held by the individual within their business.
Distribution
The data is available in a CSV file format, named
Forbes Worlds Billionaires.csv, with a total size of 212.44 kB. The resource contains 12 distinct columns and over 2,200 unique records detailing individuals who met the billionaire threshold in 2018. While most demographic fields are highly populated, several fields, including 'Headquarters' and 'Title', exhibit a large percentage of missing values.Usage
This resource is suitable for statistical analysis of global capital concentration, examining how wealth is generated across various industries, and tracking demographic patterns (age, gender, location) among the most financially privileged subset of the world population. It is invaluable for economic modelling and trend spotting in elite finance.
Coverage
The scope is global, providing details on billionaires whose wealth originates from over 70 countries and spans six major continents, with strong representation from Asia and North America. The temporal coverage is specific to the annual rankings published by Forbes for the calendar year 2018.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
- Financial Analysts: For benchmarking and studying global investment distribution.
- Academic Researchers: To conduct sociological studies on wealth inequality and economic mobility.
- Business Strategists: To understand industry dominance and the location of major capital centres.
- Journalists: For data-driven reporting on wealth trends and demographic analysis of the world's elite.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Forbes Global Billionaires 2018 Ranking
- World's Richest People Data 2018
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- Elite Wealth Metrics 2018
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Original Data Source: Global Billionaires Financial Profiles
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