Billionaire wealth surges
Billionaire's wealth has grown faster last year, and now the world can expect at least 5 trillionaires within a decade, even as the number of people in poverty has barely budged since 1990.
Oxfam’s new report estimates that 54 percent of billionaire wealth is either inherited or stems from monopoly power.
The world's richest accumulated massive wealth in 2024, which some speculate could reach even greater heights in the next few years.
Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster last year than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported yesterday, as some of the world’s political and financial elite prepared for an annual gathering in Davos,
Oxfam's annual inequality report shows the rapid acceleration of wealth accumulation by the world's richest in 2024, as 44 percent of the world continues to live in poverty. FRANCE 24's Business
Move over billionaires. The first trillionaires are on their way.
OxFam International’s research adds weight to a warning by outgoing President Joe Biden last week of a “dangerous concentration of power in the hands of very few ultra-wealthy people.”
According to Oxfam International, the wealth of billionaires globally grew three times faster in 2024 compared to the previous year, just as many of
The wealth of the world’s super-rich is growing ever faster. Oxfam published a study on Monday revealing there were 2769 billionaires worldwide in 2024 – an increase of 204 compared to the previous year.
As global elites arrive in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, the global advocacy group Oxfam reported that billionaires' wealth increased three times faster in 2024 than the previous year,
The World Economic Forum kicks off in the Swiss Alpine resort on the same day as the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.