Where are the oligarchs?

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question of where they live tycoons rather lengthy.Most often, these people have a lot of houses, apartments, estates, villas, cottages, mansions, and the like.However, the magazine "Forbes" managed to capture the density of billionaires residing cities of the World.The capital of our country for the fourth time was the most attractive to the oligarchs.Every year their number is increasing: in 2013 th in Moscow acquired property still 6 persons.Total to date in the Russian capital registered 84 residences of billionaires.The second in the list of "Forbes" the city that is home to the largest number of oligarchs - is New York.There are 62 property, which live in the richest family in the world.The third place of honor was shared between London and Hong Kong, having in the population of 43 oligarch.

But statistics on cities.If you look at the country as a whole, then the undisputed leader of the States where they live oligarchs - the United States.The list is headed by the country for 27 years with stable: about a quarter of the world's billionaires.This figure is unchanged from 1987, and the exact percentage living in the US oligarchs - 31. From the total amount of states - about $ 2 trillion.The second prize is China, although fifteen years ago for the country has not included any billionaire.Now in the list of "Forbes" magazine 122 business oligarchs are Chinese.The third place is occupied by the Russian Federation.In our country, officially registered 110 millionaires.Also, in the last decade has changed the location of the mainland, where they live tycoons.If before the second position after North America occupied Europe, it is now replaced by Asia and the Pacific.

There are different ratings.In the center of London is the street where the house is located only oligarchs.For other accommodation is not possible.Its name - Kensington palace gardens, it is more known under the informal name Street of millionaires.This small street, its length is barely exceeds 800 meters, is considered the most expensive place in the world.Houses on the street Kensington palace gardens exempt rarely.By local real estate agency exclusively elite, and the names of buyers and sellers, as well as the amount of transactions discussed in whispers in the VIP-clubs.

Now the famous "ten".As you know, five of the ten richest people in the world have American citizenship, and two - the French one - a resident of Hong Kong, one - a Spaniard, and the richest man in the earth - a Mexican.The famous investor Warren Buffett (USA) gave up his honorary first place Carlos Slim - the owner of «America Movil» - Latin American telecommunications empire.In addition to the main areas of activity, the Mexican tycoon is doing business in the banking industry, the coal industry has a stake in the newspaper «The New York Times», engaged in real estate, tobacco production and sales, has several leading football clubs.Last year, he bought a house in New York in 1901.This transaction was the largest market of the New York real estate.