In 2014, Forbes ranked Sergey Brin as the 18th-richest person in the world. The Google co-founder is worth an estimated $29.7 billion. In 1979, Brin’s family left the Soviet Union because of religious persecution and immigrated to the United States. Soon, he would attend Stanford University, meet Larry Page, begin working on search engine algorithms… and the rest is history. Today, in the dawn of the 21st century, it’s worth asking: will the United States be the destination for the next Sergey Brin? #-ad_banner-#This is important. Politically stable countries have a history of attracting the best talent and the most… Read More
In 2014, Forbes ranked Sergey Brin as the 18th-richest person in the world. The Google co-founder is worth an estimated $29.7 billion. In 1979, Brin’s family left the Soviet Union because of religious persecution and immigrated to the United States. Soon, he would attend Stanford University, meet Larry Page, begin working on search engine algorithms… and the rest is history. Today, in the dawn of the 21st century, it’s worth asking: will the United States be the destination for the next Sergey Brin? #-ad_banner-#This is important. Politically stable countries have a history of attracting the best talent and the most capital. It’s the difference between countries that lead the pack — and those that are seemingly always struggling to keep up. And for investors, politically stable countries have a demonstrated history of beating the market. The Fund for Peace is a federally-funded research institution dedicated to assessing global political risk. In 2005, it began publishing “The Fragile State Index.” The index uses 12 social, political and economic factors to rank 178 countries based on political stability. According to its 2014 update, Austria, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland are just a few of the countries that rank ahead of… Read More