Elon Musk, George Soros, Sergey Brin and 8 more immigrants who became billionaires after moving to the US
Donald Trump may victimise immigrants, but many of America’s best-known billionaires – including Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, investor George Soros, Google’s Sergey Brin and WhatsApp’s Jan Koum – were born outside the US
The United States is home to more billionaires than any other nation, according to research firm Wealth-X – but not all of them were born in the US.
Several billionaires – including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, real estate developer Jorge Pérez, Panda Express founders Peggy and Andrew Cherng and Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya – first came to the US for further education. Others immigrated earlier with their families as children.
Keep reading to learn more about some of the most prominent billionaires in America who were born outside the country.
Sergey Brin’s family emigrated from the Soviet Union when he was six
Net worth: US$57.5 billion
Source of wealth: Alphabet
The 46-year-old billionaire founded the search engine now known as Google with Larry Page, in a garage in Menlo Park, California. Brin currently serves as the president of Alphabet, the parent company that owns Google.
Hamdi Ulukaya founded the yogurt brand Chobani after emigrating from Turkey to attend college in New York
Net worth: US$2.1 billion
Source of wealth: Chobani