American dream: 43 immigrant in the ranking of the richest people in the United States

In the Forbes Top-400 ranking of the richest Americans, 43 immigrants came to the United States from all over the world. The richest immigrants come from 20 countries on six continents. Their fortune is 289 billion dollars or 10% of the total wealth of list members. The forbes TOP-400.

Among the richest immigrants were 5 newcomers - they were included in the ranking over the past two years. The 26 immigrants on the list are richer than US President Donald Trump, whose wealth is estimated at $3,1 billion and ranks 259th on the list. This is 12 lines higher than in 2016.

One of the most prominent representatives of the list of rich immigrants is Google co-founder Sergey Brin. He emigrated from Moscow in 1979 at the age of six. His parents, mathematicians, were forced to flee the country because of anti-Semitism in their homeland. The family received refugee status and settled in Maryland. Bryn enrolled at Stanford University, where he met Larry Page, with whom they founded Google.

Bryn is not the only billionaire migrant who built a technical empire in Silicon Valley. Nine other Forbes 400 immigrants have established their business in the region. Since the beginning of 1990, the Silicon Valley has become the center for many highly skilled, ambitious immigrants. Among them were Ilon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, Peter Thiel, co-founder of Palantir, Jan Kum, co-founder of WhatsApp.

The condition of Qom, for example, is estimated at 19,6 billion dollars. He was born near Kiev and emigrated to the United States at the age of 16 with his mother. He worked as a floor cleaner in a supermarket in California, and then in 2014, he signed a deal for 19 with a billion dollars selling his Whatsapp application to Facebook. He signed the deal, standing in line for the Food Stamp.

Two of the migrants on the TOP-400 list are women. They are Dagmar Dolby, a native of Germany and wife of Dolby Laboratories founder Ray Dolby, and Tai Lee, CEO of IT provider SHI International. Lee was born in Bangkok in 1958, grew up in South Korea and moved to the United States to pursue her high school studies. The daughter of a prominent Korean economist, she majored in biology and economics. In 1989, she and her husband bought a software reseller for less than $ 1 million, which they later renamed SHI International. The company now has 17 clients, including Boeing and Johnson & Johnson.

8 immigrants listed come from Israel. Mickey Arison, owner of Carnival Corp. emigrated to the USA from Tel Aviv as a child. His father, Ted, founded the cruise company in 1972, which had only the 2 liner. Arison turned the case of his father into the world's largest cruise ship operator. Arison's fortune is estimated at 9,4 billion dollars.

Isaac Perlmutter, chairman of Marvel Entertainment, left Israel in 1967, having only 250 dollars in his pocket. At first, he was selling toys on the streets of Brooklyn, and in 1988, he started managing the comic-book company Marvel, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. Under his administration, Marvel began to produce films and action films. In 2009, Perlmutter sold the majority of Marvel Disney shares to 4 billion dollars.

The full list of migrants in the Forbes 400 ranking:

Sergey Brin
Net worth: $ 52.4 billion
Source: Google
Country of birth: Russia

Thomas Peterfy
Net worth: $ 20,2 billion
Source: Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.
Country of birth: Hungary

Ilon Mask
Net worth: $ 19,6 billion
Source: Tesla Motors
Country of birth: South Africa

Rupert Murdoch
Net worth: $ 18 billion
Source: Newspapers, TV Network
Country of birth: Australia

Leo Blavatnik
Net worth: $ 17,9 billion
Source: different
Country of birth: Russia

Pierre Omidyar
Net worth: $ 11,6 billion
Source: eBay
Country of birth: France

Jan Koum
Net worth: $ 9,6 billion
Source: WhatsApp
Country of birth: Ukraine

Mickey Arison
Net worth: $ 9,4 billion
Source: Carnival Cruises
Country of birth: Israel

George Soros
Net worth: $ 8,3 billion
Source: hedge funds
Country of birth: Hungary

Shahid Khan
Net worth: $ 7,6 billion
Source: auto parts
Country of birth: Pakistan

Patrick Xinxiang
Net worth: $ 7,3 billion
Source: Pharmaceuticals
Country of birth: South Africa

Huang Jenxun
Net worth: $ 6,6 billion
Source: semiconductors
Country of birth: Taiwan

David san
Net worth: $ 5,4 billion
Source: computer hardware
Country of birth: Taiwan

John tu
Net worth: $ 5,4 billion
Source: computer hardware
Country of birth: China

Jeffrey skoll
Net worth: $ 4,6 billion
Source: eBay
Country of birth: Canada

Dagmar Dolby
Net worth: $ 4,5 billion
Source: Dolby Laboratories
Country of birth: Germany

Isaac Perlmutter
Net worth: $ 4,3 billion
Source: Marvel Comics
Country of birth: Israel

Igor Olenikoff
Net worth: $ 4,1 billion
Source: Real Estate
Country of birth: Russia

Ben ashkenazi
Net worth: $ 4 billion
Source: Real Estate
Country of birth: Israel

Stefan Udvar-Hazy
Net worth: $ 4 billion
Source: Aircraft Leasing
Country of birth: Hungary

Tom Gors
Net worth: $ 3,9 billion
Source: private equity
Country of birth: Israel

Rocco comisso
Net worth: $ 3,8 billion
Source: Telecom
Country of birth: Italy

Douglas Leone
Net worth: $ 3,8 billion
Source: Venture Capital
Country of birth: Italy

Min Kao
Net worth: $ 3,6 billion
Source: navigation equipment
Country of birth: Taiwan

Michael Moritz
Net worth: $ 3,4 billion
Source: Venture Capital
Country of birth: United Kingdom

John Katsimatidis
Net worth: $ 3,1 billion
Source: oil, real estate
Country of birth: Greece

Romesh Vadhvani
Net worth: $ 3 billion
Source: software
Country of birth: India

Chaim Saban
Net worth: $ 2,9 billion
Source: TV network, investment
Country of birth: Israel

Charles Simonyi
Net worth: $ 2,9 billion
Source: Microsoft
Country of birth: Hungary

Mortimer Zuckerman
Net worth: $ 2,9 billion
Source: Real Estate, Media
Country of birth: Canada

Noam Gottesman
Net worth: $ 2,7 billion
Source: hedge funds
Country of birth: Israel

Jorge Perez
Net worth: $ 2,6 billion
Source: Real Estate
Country of birth: Argentina

Charles Dean Mitropoulos
Net worth: $ 2,5 billion
Source: investment
Country of birth: Greece

Peter Thiel
Net worth: $ 2,5 billion
Source: Facebook, Palantir
Country of birth: Germany

Jerry Yan
Net worth: $ 2,5 billion
Source: technology
Country of birth: Israel

Rajksh Gangwal
Net worth: $ 2,3 billion
Source: Aviation
Country of birth: India

Osmar Kibar
Net worth: $ 2,3 billion
Source: Biotech
Country of birth: Turkey

Tai Li
Net worth: $ 2,3 billion
Source: IT provider
Country of birth: Korea

Alec Gores
Net worth: $ 2,2 billion
Source: private equity
Country of birth: Israel

Vinod Khosla
Net worth: $ 2,2 billion
Source: Venture Capital
Country of birth: India

Ram Sriram
Net worth: $ 2,2 billion
Source: venture capital, google
Country of birth: India

John farber
Net worth: $ 2,1 billion
Source: chemical industry
Country of birth: Romania

Recall, for the first time since 1994 year in the ranking richest Americans Forbes 400 leader changed: first place was taken by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. According to Forbes, the capital of Bezos doubled over the year and reached $ 160 billion.

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