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This Star Sign Is Most Likely To Become A Billionaire According To Forbes

Hint: Kim Kardashian was born under this sign

Ruled by Venus, the planet that governs love, beauty, and money, Librans adore high art, intellectualism, and connoisseurship. Good news Libra: you’ll be able to splurge and satisfy your expensive taste.  Luckily for this air sign – imbued with a penchant for the finer things – they are most likely to make Forbes’ Billionaire List.

According to the latest from The UK Domain, who analysed the birth data from the top 250 wealthiest individuals on the planet, those born under the star sign of Libra made up the largest group with 27 billionaires.

Kim Kardashian
KKW mogul Kim Kardashian West is born on October 21 (Credit: Getty)

Next up is another sign ruled by the planet Venus – Pisces is the second most likely to earn billionaire status with 22 fish swimming upstream to seas of fame and fortune.

Cancer, Taurus, and Leo round out the top five and make up a considerable portion of the list. Those with the loosest purse strings? Fickle Sagittarians and stubborn Capricorns with just eight billionaires each.

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Inspired to follow in these successful footsteps? Scroll to discover the most notable billionaires under each sign…

 
Libra
  • Alice Walton is the 17th richest billionaire and the first richest woman in the world. She is the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton.
  • Ralph Lauren is the 215th richest billionaire in the world. He is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and business executive.
  • Beate Heister is the 23rd richest billionaire in the world. She is a German and the daughter of Karl Albrecht, who founded the discount supermarket chain Aldi.
Pisces
  • Michael Dell is the 25th richest billionaire in the world. He is the founder and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world’s largest technology infrastructure companies.
  • Phil Knight is the 26th richest billionaire in the world. He is the co-founder of Nike, Inc.
  • Leonard Lauder is the 82nd richest billionaire in the world. He is the son of Estée Lauder and was the CEO of the company until 1999. 
Cancer
  • Elon Musk is the 40th richest billionaire in the world. He is the co-founder and CEO of Tesla. 
  • Pierre Omidyar is the 120th richest billionaire in the world. He is the founder of eBay.
  • Françoise Bettencourt Meyers is the 15th richest billionaire in the world and the richest woman in France. Her family owns L’Oréal.
Taurus
  • Mark Zuckerberg is the 8th richest billionaire in the world. He is the founder of Facebook. 
  • Eric Schmidt is the 101st richest billionaire in the world. He served as the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011. 
  • Susanne Klatten is the richest woman in Germany and the 38th richest person in the world. She is the heiress of the pharmaceutical company Altana. 
Leo
  • Sergey Brin is the 14th richest billionaire in the world and the co-founder of Google. 
  • François Pinault is the 30th richest billionaire in the world. He is the founder of the holding Artemis and of the Kering group (Gucci, Yves Saint-Laurent, Puma …). 
  • Larry Ellison is the 7th richest billionaire in the world and the co-founder of Oracle. 
Scorpio
  • Bill Gates is the 2nd richest billionaire in the world and the founder of Microsoft. 
  • Laurene Powell Jobs is the 54th richest billionaire in the world and the widow and heiress of Steve Jobs. She invests in philanthropic activities.
  • Anders Holch Povlsen is the 252th richest billionaire in the world and the richest person in Danmark. He is the CEO of the international clothes retailer chain Bestseller (which includes Vero Moda, Jack&Jones, etc) and one the biggest shareholder of the websites ASOS and Zalando. 
Gemini
  • Dustin Moskovitz is the 122nd richest billionaire in the world and one of the youngest. He participated in the creation of Facebook and launched the software Asana. 
  • Nicky Oppenheimer is the 200th richest billionaire in the world. He made his fortune by trading diamonds. 
  • Kirsten Rausing is the 185th richest billionaire in the world. She is part of the family that founded Tetra Pak. 
Aries:
  • Steve Ballmer is the 19th richest billionaire in the world and served as the CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is also the owner of Los Angeles Clippers’ basketball team. 
  • Larry Page is the 10th richest billionaire in the world and the co-founder of Google. 
  • Amancio Ortega is the 6th richest billionaire in the world and the founder of Inditex Group (Zara, Massimo Dutti, Bershka). 
Aquarius 
  • Michael Bloomberg is the 9th richest billionaire in the world. He is the is one of the founders, CEO, and owner of Bloomberg L.P., a global financial services, software and mass media company. 
  • John Menard, Jr. is the 133rd richest billionaire in the world. He is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist. 
  • Tadashi Yanai is the 41st richest billionaire in the world. He is the owner of Uniqlo. 
Virgo
  • Warren Buffet is the third richest billionaire in the world. He is an American business magnate, investor, speaker and philanthropist and is considered one of the most successful investors in the world.
  • Brian Chesky is the 207th richest billionaire in the world. He is one of the founder of Airbnb. 
  • Giovanni Ferrero is the 39th richest billionaire in the world. He assumed the leadership of the confectionery company Ferrero SpA after the death of his brother Pietro Ferrero in 2011.
Sagittarius
  • Abigail Johnson is the 71st richest billionaire in the world. She an American businesswoman and the president and chief executive officer of US investment firm Fidelity Investments. 
  • Michael Edward Platt is the 183rd richest billionaire in the world. He is a British investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist.
  • Lei Jun is the 143rd richest billionaire in the world. He is a Chinese billionaire entrepreneur who founded Xiaomi Inc, one of the largest mobile phone makers in the world.
Capricorn
  • Jeff Bezos is the richest billionaire in the world. He is the founder and current CEO of Amazon. 
  • Lee Kun-hee is the 65th richest billionaire in the world. He is the current CEO of Samsung. 
  • Gordon Moore is the 140th richest billionaire in the world. He is an American businessman, engineer, and the co-founder of Intel Corporation. 

This article originally appeared on InStyle. 

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