List Of 41 Richest Billionaire Immigrants In America 2014

Originally from countries like India, China, South Africa, Russia and Israel, they join the ranks of the richest billionaire in America. Forty-one out of the total 400 billionaire fortunes in the United States of America now belong to foreign-born individuals.

And, more accurately, 43 Billionaires on The Forbes 400 list 2014, including two billionaire couples, just about 1 in 10 were foreign born. They come from a total of 23 nations, 4 emigrated from India, and 3 each from Russia, Israel, China, Taiwan, Hungary, and China.

The 3 wealthiest billionaire American immigrants haven’t changed since last year. Born in Moscow in 1973, Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google, is No. 1, with a net worth of $31 billion. He’s followed by Hungarian-born hedge fund guru George Soros, and Ukrainian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik, with a net worth of $21.5 billion.

Here’s the complete list 41 richest immigrants in America 2014:

1. Sergey Brin
Country of origin: Russia, Net worth: $31 billion

2. George Soros
Country of origin: Hungary, Net worth: $24 billion

2. Len Blavatnik
Country of origin: Ukraine, Net worth: $21.5 billion

4. Rupert Murdoch
Country of origin: Australia, Net worth: $14.2 billion

5. Patrick Soon-Shiong
Country of origin: South Africa, Net worth: $12 billion

6. Elon Musk
Country of origin: South Africa, Net worth: $10.3 billion

7. Thomas Peterffy
Country of origin: Hungary, Net worth: $9.1 billion

8. Pierre Omidyar
Country of origin: France, Net worth: $8.2 billion

9. Jan Koum
Country of origin: Ukraine, Net worth: $7.6 billion

10. Do Won and Jin Sook Chang
Country of origin: Korea, Net worth:$5.2 billion

11. David Sun
Country of origin: Taiwan, Net worth: $4.8 billion

12. John Tu
Country of origin: China, Net worth: $4.8 billion

13. Shahid Khan
Country of origin: Pakistan, Net worth: $4.5 billion

14. Jeffrey Skoll
Country of origin: Canada, Net worth: $3.8 billion

15. Steven Udvar-Hazy
Country of origin: Hungary, Net worth: $3.7 billion

16. Isaac Perlmutter
Country of origin: Israel, Net worth: $3.5 billion

17. Haim Saban
Country of origin: Egypt, Net worth: $3.4 billion

18. Igor Olenicoff
Country of origin: Russia, Net worth: $3.3 billion

19. Roger Wang
Country of origin: China, Net worth: $3.3 billion

20. Jorge Perez
Country of origin: Argentina, Net worth: $3.1 billion

21. Peggy and Andrew Cherng
Country of origin: Burma and China, Net worth: $3 billion

22. Tom Gores
Country of origin: Israel, Net worth: $3 billion

23. Min Kao
Country of origin: Taiwan, Net worth: $2.9 billion

24. Bharat Desai
Country of origin: Kenya, Net worth: $2.5 billion

25. Victor Fung
Country of origin: Hong Kong, Net worth: $2.5 billion

26. Michael Moritz
Country of origin: U.K., Net worth: $2.5 billion

27. Romesh T. Wadhwani
Country of origin: India, Net worth: $2.5 billion

28. John Kapoor
Country of origin: India, Net worth: $2.4 billion

29. Mortimer Zuckerman
Country of origin: Canada, Net worth: $2.4 billion

30. John Catsimatidis
Country of origin: Greece, Net worth: $2.3 billion

31. Peter Thiel
Country of origin: Germany, Net worth: $2.2 billion

32. Alec Gores
Country of origin: Israel, Net worth: $2.1 billion

33. Alexander Knaster
Country of origin: Russia, Net worth: $2.1 billion

34. Douglas Leone
Country of origin: Italy, Net worth: $2.1 billion

35. C. Dean Metropoulos
Country of origin: Greece, Net worth: $2.1 billion

35. Fayez Sarofim
Country of origin: Egypt, Net worth: $2.1 billion

37. John Farber
Country of origin: Romania, Net worth: $2 billion

38. Jerry Yang
Country of origin: Taiwan, Net worth: $2 billion

39. Kavitark Ram Shriram
Country of origin: India, Net worth: $1.9 billion

40. Marc Lasry
Country of origin: Morocco, Net worth: $1.8 billion

41. Vinod Khosla
Country of origin: India, Net worth: $1.7 billion

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