The British Billionaires – What Do They Have In Common?
The UK is currently home to 62 billionaires, worth a combined £232.6 billion, but what do all these members of the British 3 comma club have in common?
A new study from Digital ID has looked at each of the UK’s billionaires to find out how they made their billions, where they were educated and the common factors amongst the UK’s super rich: https://www.digitalid.co.uk/info/brits-worth-billions
Key stats from the research highlighted:
- The average age British billionaires make their first billion is 58 years old
- 87% (54) of the British billionaires are self made, whilst just 13% (8) inherited their fortune
- 1/3 of the UK’s richest chose not to study any further than high school – with 4 of them being high school drop outs
- Cambridge University is the most popular amongst UK billionaires
- 34 of the 62 British billionaires still reside here in the UK – whilst 28 have moved elsewhere, with tax havens such as Monaco, the Channel Islands, Dubai, and Switzerland the most popular choices for relocation.
- Scorpio is the most common horoscope amongst the UK’s super rich
