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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk immigrated to the United States from South Africa.
- Some of the richest people who currently live in the United States were not born here.
- Several billionaires - including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, real-estate developer Jorge Perez, Panda Express founder Andrew Cherng, and Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya - first came to the United States for college.
- Financier George Soros first immigrated to the UK while fleeing Soviet occupation in his native Hungary, before moving to New York to become a stock trader, Business Insider previously reported.
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The United States is home to more billionaires than any other nation, according to research firm Wealth-X - but not all of them were born here.
Several billionaires - including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, real-estate developer Jorge Perez, Panda Express founder Andrew Cherng, and Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya - first came to the United States for college. Others immigrated to the United States with their families as children.
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Keep reading to learn more about some of the most prominent immigrant billionaires in the country.