The number of billionaires worldwide continues to rise, and their wealth is growing at an accelerating pace, according to a ...

In 2017, the business world paused at a shocking statistic: eight men held as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity. By ...

The richest 10 percent of the world’s population now owns three-quarters of all personal wealth, according to the newly released World Inequality Report 2026. Income is not much different, where the ...

A homeless man pushes a shopping cart full of his belongings across an intersection in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles. [AP Photo/Jae C. Hong] The recently released UBS Global Wealth Report 2025 ...

When researchers measure wealth inequality, they use something called the Gini coefficient. Think of it as a score between 0 and 1, where 0 means everyone has exactly the same wealth and 1 means one ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. April Rudin, The Rudin Group CEO, covers wealth management, wealthtech Jul 18, 2025, 08:00am EDT Jul 18, 2025, 10:57am EDT ...

The world’s richest people saw their wealth increase more than ever in 2025, but a funny thing happened along the way. Many of them seemed to decide that their best prospects for the future don’t lie ...

Billionaire wealth in the United States surged to unprecedented levels last year as markets recovered and privately held enterprises reinforced the country’s dominance in global wealth creation. The ...