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The business elites of the leading countries of the world in 2019
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2019-12-141-154
Abstract
The article is dedicated to a comparative analysis of business elites (billionaires and millionaires) of the leading countries of the world in 2019. The paper considers the number of rich individuals, their wealth, percentage of self-made businessmen, education, age, sectoral specialization, level of oligarchy’s domination, geographical spread and global mobility. The advantages of Russian business elite are the high level of wealth, young age, the high percentage of self-made businessmen, and the high level of global mobility. The disadvantages of Russian business community are the small number, the highest level of orientation towards the energy and natural resources industries, the highest level of concentration in one city, and the highest level of oligarchy’s domination.
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Rakhmanov A.B. The business elites of the leading countries of the world in 2019. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2019;(12):141-154. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2019-12-141-154
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