Most of these ultra-wealthy individuals are concentrated in countries like the US, China, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom. The US is home to the highest number of billionaires: an estimated 705. That’s followed by China with an estimated 285 billionaires, and Germany with 146. Some countries, however, are home to just one billionaire. Business Insider scoured Forbes’ billionaires ranking to find which nations have just one billionaire, and then compared each billionaire’s wealth to the gross domestic product (GDP) of …
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