The first trillionaire may appear on Earth within a decade. This forecast was shared by analysts from an international aid and humanitarian organization. Oxfam.
The world’s five richest people have doubled their income since 2020. In just a few years, their total wealth increased from $405 billion to $869 billion. If this trend continues, the world could have its first trillionaire by 2034.
At the same time, according to the Oxfam report, approximately 5 billion people became poor from 2020 to 2024. The organization believes that poverty will not be eliminated for another 230 years.
As of January 15, 2024, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk is at the top of the list of the world’s richest people. His fortune is estimated at $230.2 billion. In second place in the ranking is Bernard Arnault, chairman of the LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) group of companies, with $182.7 billion, and his family. The top 5 also includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($176.9 billion), Oracle founder Larry Ellison ($135.2 billion) and Facebook founder (Meta’s owner is known as an extremist and is banned in Russia). Mark Zuckerberg ($132.3 billion).
Previously reportedThe heirs of Samsung’s founder were forced to sell shares worth $2 billion to pay some of the estate tax.