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Top 10 countries of origin for America’s foreign-born billionaires 2025: The world has nearly 3,000 billionaires across 78 countries. Their combined net worth is $16.1 trillion, and about one-third of them live in the United States.
The U.S. has been a centre for wealth migration. Forbes reports that the number of foreign-born billionaires in the country has reached a historic peak of 125, coming from 41 different countries.
About 14 per cent of the billionaires in America are foreign-born and collectively hold wealth worth $1.3 trillion.
Notably, among the world’s wealthiest individuals, three of the top ten billionaires are foreign-born — Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, was born in South Africa; Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, originally is from Russia; and Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, is from Taiwan.
The number of Indian-born billionaires in America has jumped from 5 in 2022 to 12 in 2025, making India the top country of origin for foreign-born billionaires, exceeding Israel.
Jay Chaudhry, founder and CEO of cybersecurity firm Zscaler, leads the group, ranking eighth with a net worth of $17.9 billion (Rs 17,900 crore, approximately).
The 2025 list also features several high-profile additions, including Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks since 2018.
Nearly two-thirds of the 125 foreign-origin billionaires in the United States identified by Forbes were born in these 10 countries and territories.
| Rank | Country | No. of foreign-born billionaires in 2025 | No. of foreign-born billionaires in 2022 | Change |
| 1 | India | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 2 (tie) | Israel | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 2 (tie) | Taiwan | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Canada | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 5 | China | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 (tie) | Germany | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 (tie) | Iran | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 (tie) | Hungary | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 (tie) | Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 1 |
