More than one-third of the world’s wealthiest 500 billionaires are based in the US, where the ultra-rich globetrotters are helping to boost the recovery of the private jet market in the country and globally, according to Airbus.
Airbus Corporate Jets’ analysis of industry data shows that 35 per cent of the world’s 500 wealthiest billionaires built their fortunes in the US, holding 43 per cent of the group’s total wealth, it said.
The 177 US-based billionaires that make up some of the 500…