Fat cats getting fatter as Asian tiger Taiwan claws its way to the top with 58 new millionaires in 2017
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/11/16
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan has the 13th most people with a net worth of over US$1
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million in the world, according to the newest edition of the Global Wealth Report by the Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI).
Referring to Taiwan as an “Asian tiger” in the report, it lists Taiwan as having 381 millionaires, and increase of 58 from last year, ranking it in 13th place on the list of countries with the most millionaires in the world. Ahead of Taiwan was the United States at the top of the list with 15,356 millionaires, followed by Japan (2,693), the UK (2,189), Germany (1,959), China (1,953), France (1,949), Italy (1,288), Australia (1,160), Canada (1,078), South Korea (686), Switzerland (594), and Spain (428).
Taiwan ranked even higher in terms of change of the number of new millionaires this year, coming in 9th place with 58 brand new millionaires, tied with Spain’s 58 and ahead of Sweden’s 55. [FULL STORY]
