Cleaned dataset from the Billionaires Statistic Dataset (2023) that can be found here.

The code I used to clean and re-structure the data is also here.

First things first: a big shout-out to Nidula Elgiriyewithana for providing the original data.

As with it, this dataset contains various information about the world's wealthiest persons in different columns that can be grouped into three different types:

• Business-related information. These columns contain data about the industry in which the billionaires' operate, their source of wealth, total wealth and position they occupy in the ranking.
• Personal information. Such as name, age, nationality, country and city of residence.
• Economic activity information. These columns are related to the country in which the billionaire resides and provide different economic indicators like GDP, education enrollment or Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Column names

• position. Ranking of the billionaire measured by their wealth.
• wealth. The wealth of the billionaire measured in $.
• industry. Industry in which the billionaire's operates their businesses.
• full_name. Complete name of the billionaire.
• age. The age of the billionaire.
• country_of_residence. Country in which the billionaire resides.
• city_of_residence. City in which the billionaire resides.
• source. The source of the billionaire's wealth.
• citizenship. The country of citizenship of the billionaire.
• gender. The gender of the billionaire.
• birth_date. The birth date of the billionaire.
• last_name. The last name of the billionaire.
• first_name. The first name of the billionaire.
• residence_state. State in which the billionaire resides (only for billionaires who reside in the U.S.).
• residence_region. Region in which the billionaire resides (only for billionaires who reside in the U.S.).
• birth_year. The birth year of the billionaire.
• birth_month. The birth month of the billionaire.
• birth_day. The birth data of the billionaire.
• cpi_country. Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the billionaire's country.
• cpi_change_country. CPI change for the billionaire's country.
• gdp_country. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in $ for the billionaire's country.
• g_tertiary_ed_enroll. Enrollment in tertiary education in the billionaire's country.
• g_primary_ed_enroll. Enrollment in primary education in the billionaire's country.
• life_expectancy. Life expectancy in the billionaire's country.
• tax_revenue. Tax revenue in the billionaire's country.
• tax_rate. Total tax rate in the billionaire's country.
• country_pop. Population of the billionaire's country.
• country_lat. Latitude coordinate of the billionaire's country.
• country_long. Longitude coordinate of the billionaire's country.
• continent. Continent in which the country of the billionaire's residence is located.

Potential analyses

• Analyze which industries contain the biggest groups of billionaires overall and in different countries.
• Explore number of billionaires and total wealth across countries and continents and display the result in a map.
• Focus on personal information columns such as age or gender to explore the distribution of billionaires from this perspective.
• Discover if countries' economic indicators have any impact in the presence of billionaires.
• The U.S. is the country with most billionaires presented in the dataset and also the only one with attributes in the residence_state and residence_region columns. This makes the American billionaires a good focus for a specific analysis.

Bonus

If you want a challenge, you can create a dashboard using tools such as Plotly to dynamically visualize the data using one or different attributes (such as industry, age or country). I did it, leave the link below in case you want to investigate:

Dashboard notebook here

If you find this dataset informative or inspirational, a vote is appreciated for others to easily discover value in it 💎💰

This dataset provides a synthetic overview of the 1,000 wealthiest individuals in the world, offering insights into the distribution of wealth across industries and regions. It is designed to help analysts, researchers, and data enthusiasts explore global wealth trends, industry dominance, and regional wealth concentration.

Whether you're conducting market research, financial analysis, or data modeling, this dataset serves as a valuable resource for understanding the characteristics of the world's top billionaires.

📊 Key Features: Name 👤: The name of the billionaire. Country 🌍: Country of residence or primary business operation. Industry 🏭: Industry in which the individual has built their wealth. Net Worth (in billions) 💵: Estimated net worth in billions of USD. Company 🏢: The primary company or business associated with the billionaire. ⚠️ Important Note: This dataset is 100% synthetic and does not contain real financial or personal data. It is artificially generated for educational, analytical, and research purposes.

The Forbes published "The Definitive Ranking of the Wealthiest Americans In 2022". And here is the top 200 list including additional information on each of the billionaires.

About Dataset

This dataset contains the top 200 richest American based on their net worth.

Columns Attributes

| Column | Meaning | | -- | -- | | rank | their rank | | name | their name | | net worth | their net worth | | age | their age | | title | their title (e.g. CEO, Chairman etc.) | | source of wealth | the source of how they've managed to get this much money | | self made score | shows how far each of these billionaires has climbed to make it to the top. According to Forbes, The score ranges from 1 to 10, with 1 through 5 indicating someone who inherited some or all of his or her fortune; while 6 through 10 are for those who built their company or established a fortune on his or her own. | | philanthropy score | this score shows how much these billionaires donates on nonprofits foundations | | residence | their residence | | marital status | their marital status | | children | their children | | education | their education |

Methodology

This dataset was acquired using a web scraping tool called Beautiful soup and scraped Forbes website

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