Which of us has ever dreamed of becoming famous and rich at least once in a lifetime? We are inspired by vivid examples from life, we follow the stars. However, not everyone was lucky with appearance and acting or singing talents.
And then attention switches to businessmen, who also managed to achieve everything on their own. And what excites us even more is the question of what rich people earn their millions from.
Much depends on the time in which a particular business was born. But most of the rich do not hide the reasons for their wealth. Having studied the statistics, we have compiled the top revenue sources of modern multimillionaires.
According to Forbes, who announced the list of the richest and most influential people on the planet, among the basics of their earnings are:
- Oil and petrochemicals (Leonid Mikhelson - No. 1 in the list of the richest people in Russia with a fortune of $ 24 billion);
- Ferrous metallurgy (Vladimir Lisin - the second in the ranking of the richest people in the country with 21.3 billion dollars; as well as Roman Abramovich - only 10th place in the ranking and 12.4 billion dollars);
- Investments (Vagit Alekperov - 3rd place on the Forbes Russia list, $ 20.7 billion);
- Telecommunications (Mikhail Fridman and Alisher Usmanov - 7th and 9th places in the ranking of the richest Russians);
- Non-ferrous metallurgy (Alexey Mordashov - 4th in the ranking and $ 20.5 billion);
- Gas industry (Leonid Mikhelson and Gennady Timchenko - 5th number in the list of the richest people in the country);
- Internet (Alisher Usmanov with a fortune of 12.6 billion);
- Transport infrastructure (Vladimir Lisin);
- Construction and engineering (Alexey Mordashov and Gennady Timchenko);
- Logistics and tourism (Lisin, Timchenko, Mordashov).
The first ten of the Forbes list in Russia is engaged in these types of businesses. As you can see, each rating is engaged in more than one type of activity, and tries to capture different areas of the business.
At the same time, the American publication also published a list of the richest people in the world and their sources of income.
The richest man in Russia - Leonid Mikhelsonwho made a fortune of $ 24 billion in the petrochemical industry and gas, and in the world - the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos with a fortune of 154.5 billion.
The dominant place among the most profitable ways of earning is the Internet, followed by sales, both network and retail.
Of course, actors, singers, presenters and other television celebrities also get a lot of money, only these incomes are slightly less than others.
Given the rapidly developing society, increasingly based on the Internet, it is network earnings that will now be the most popular. What choice would you make?
