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For years, immigrants from diverse countries have made their way in the United States in very varied fields, and their success and fortune are globally recognized, as reflected in the list that Forbes magazine published this week regarding the wealthiest foreign-born citizens, which includes several Latin Americans, all of whom reside in this country.
The list, titled 'The Richest Immigrants in America' and published this week, includes 144 billionaires from 45 countries with a collective fortune of 2.2 trillion dollars.
Together, they represent nearly 15% of all American billionaires and hold a quarter of the country's total wealth.
A total of 19 members of the list were born in India, which for the second consecutive year is the country of origin with the highest number of immigrant billionaires, seven more than last year due to new additions.
The list is headed by Elon Musk, born in South Africa, who became the world's first centibillionaire after the public offering of SpaceX last June, followed by Google co-founder, Russian Sergey Brin, and Nvidia co-founder, Taiwanese Jensen Huang, who together represent more than 60% of the total wealth of the billionaires, Forbes highlighted.
The first woman on the list is Miriam Adelson, widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, and her family, who are from Israel. In eighth place is Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook, followed by Australian-American businessman Rupert Murdoch.
The first Latin Americans appear in spots 41 and 50: Venezuelan Abel Avellán, founder of telecommunications companies, and Mexican investor Pablo Legorreta.
His compatriot Daniel Lubetzky, founder of food and beverage companies, occupies position 91.
Bolivia is represented by Marcelo Claure; Argentina by Jorge Pérez and Guillermo Rauch, all of whom are within the top 100 spots in the ranking.
Spain is represented by Ignacio Torras (spot 123), from the energy sector, while Panama appears with Alberto Nahmad, a businessman dedicated to manufacturing parts for air conditioning systems.
The ranking does not correspond to the annual list of billionaires that Forbes publishes in March, but rather a specific list of entrepreneurs and fortunes born outside the United States who currently reside in the country.
Forbes highlighted that for some members of the list, staying in the United States was not always part of the initial plan, but the potential to create companies and pursue the American dream remains as strong as ever.
[Publicidad]