Meet The Richest Person in the World's Happiest Place
Italian-born Ernesto Bertarelli has added $1.2 billion to his fortune in 2015
Ernesto Bertarelli in 2006.
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Ernesto Bertarelli has every reason to be happy. His $15.8 billion fortune makes him the richest person in Switzerland, the world's happiest place, according to a new survey. The World Happiness Report 2015 names the alpine nation of 8 million people as the happiest country in the world, followed by Iceland, Denmark, and Norway.
Seven of the top-10 happiest countries on earth are in northern Europe, while the other three are Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.