يمتلك أغنى 100 فرد في العالم أكثر من 1.3 ترليون دولار، أي 1 – 1.3٪ من إجمالي الثروة الشخصية العالمية

($167 trillion). But how did they get their start and become billionaires?

We’ll tell you more about how the world’s 100 richest people got their start, drawing on studies of their backgrounds to identify any common links in the first step of their careers.

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How did billionaires take their first steps in their careers?

Research has shown that 30 out of the top 100 billionaires began their careers by joining an inherited business or working for a family member’s company.

It also found that 17 out of 100 started out by founding their own businesses. The remaining 53 out of 100 began their careers

by working at other organizations and companies.

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The first jobs of billionaires

As research has shown, the first job that led to billionaire wealth was sales representative. Ten of the 53 billionaires who began their careers at an organization they did not own started out in sales,

while nine billionaires began their careers as stock traders.

What educational qualifications do billionaires have? Does a particular level of education make someone more likely to become a billionaire?

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Studies and research have shown that 70 out of 100 billionaires graduated from university, meaning that around three-quarters of billionaires are university graduates.

The Fields of Study of Billionaires

Among the 75 out of 100 billionaires with a university degree, 22 graduated with honors in engineering, 16 studied business,

and six studied law.

The figures were as follows:

Engineering: 22 billionaires; business: 16; finance and economics: 11; law: 6; computer science: 4.

Art/art history: 3 billionaires; physiology: 2; politics: 2; English: 2; history: 2; mathematics: 2.

Medicine: 1 billionaire; physics: 1.