Manchester represents the largest city region economy outside London (Image: Getty)
One of Europe’s most prominent capitals is , a city with a fascinating and intriguing history. Once a symbol of a divided country, the city was reunited after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
It soon regained its status as the capital city of a newly confident , emerging once and for all from the shadows of its wartime past. is not only the political centre of the country, but is also Germany’s largest industrial town and a major centre of trade and technological development. Many of the country’s largest and most important companies maintain facilities in the city.
The Manchester City football stadium (Image: Getty)
Its economic prowess is reflected in the number of millionaires and billionaires living in the city.
capital boasts a whopping 26,500 millionaires, 47 centi-millionaires and a respectful five billionaires – according to the .
The wealth is calculated in US dollars as opposed to pound sterling.
However, a UK city based in the North West trumps the number of billionaires in .
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became an industrial powerhouse in the 19th century, and was a leading centre for Britain’s textile industry for many years.
Today, it represents the largest city region economy outside London, with a gross value added (GVA) of £78.7 billion.
The city is at the heart of the UK’s largest manufacturing and advanced engineering cluster – the Northern Powerhouse.
It is also home to creative and media businesses, has a thriving digital and technology sector, as well as being a centre for financial and business services.
No surprises then, that is home to seven billionaires, along with 23,300 millionaires and 67 centi-millionaires.
The wealthiest of these are Zuber and Mohsin Issa, according to a rich list compiled by
From humble beginnings on a single £150,000 site in Bury, Mohsin and his brother Zuber have built a global network of more than 5,500 petrol stations through their Euro Garages (EG) Group.
At the time of the rich list compilation, the brothers had a reported combined wealth of £2.725 billion.