The world's richest accumulated massive wealth in 2024, which some speculate could reach even greater heights in the next few years.
Move over billionaires. The first trillionaires are on their way.
The charity reported that the wealth of the world's billionaires grew from $13 trillion to $15 trillion in 2024, a rate that is three times faster than in 2023.
Currently the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, with earnings of 430 billion dollars, could become a trillionaire in a few years.
Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, as the world’s richest people increasingly benefited from inheritance and powerful connections, Oxfam said in its annual inequality report.
At current trends the charity Oxfam predicts up to five trillionaires are expected to emerge within the next decade.
But nothing all that golden is minting these new wealthy individuals.“Most billionaire wealth is taken, not earned, 60% comes from either inheritance, cronyism and corruption or
The World Economic Forum kicks off in the Swiss Alpine resort on the same day as the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.
The world could soon see its first trillionaires, with five individuals projected to reach the milestone within the next decade if current trends persist, according to Oxfam's annual inequality report released Sunday reported CNN Business.
The wealth of the world's super-rich is growing ever faster, a study published on Monday by the development organization Oxfam has shown ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. According to the report,
A latest inequality report revealed a major prediction that within the coming decade approximately five renowned personalities on this planet can eventually become trillionaires.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and three others are projected to become trillionaires over the next decade, further deepening global inequality as poverty levels remain stagnant.