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Per Forbes (April 2024) [1]; Rank Rank per capita Country/Territory Billionaires Rate - World 2,781: 0.343 1 11 United States 813: 2.420 2 53 China 406: 0.288 3 58 India 200: 0.144
In the 32nd annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires, the aggregate wealth of the top 20 richest people on Earth amounted to about 13 percent of all billionaires' fortunes combined. [16] A record of 2,208 billionaires were in the ranking and the total wealth was $9.1 trillion, up 18% since 2017.
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, launched in March 2012, is a daily ranking of the world's 500 richest people based on their net worth. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It features a profile of each billionaire, and includes a tool that allows users to compare the fortunes of multiple billionaires.
2024 was a good year to be a billionaire. The S&P 500 gained 25% this year, while the Nasdaq grew 33%. The uberwealthy, many of whom are invested in companies on each index, benefited greatly.
Two-thirds of Forbes' annual World's Billionaires list have gotten richer over the past 12 months, the publication reported. ... And among the 10 billionaires who gained the most wealth in 2024 ...
Estimated net worth of $263 billion as of October 2024, making him the richest person in the world, according to Bloomberg. He is about $54 billion ahead of the person in second place, Amazon co ...
The latest World’s Wealthiest Cities Report by Henley & Partners [2] shows San Francisco (including the San Francisco Bay Area) overtaking New York as the city with the most billionaires, as well as overtaking Tokyo to become second to New York in millionaires. Notably, Monaco, with a population under 50,000, is home to 20 billionaires. [2]
Bankrate looked at the 10 wealthiest people on Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index as of December 2024 – top business icons including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett, to name a few – to ...