1 week ago - Overall, just 12 percent of the list lost wealth since 2009, and 30 people fell off the list. 13 others died. Of the 89 women, 12 were newcomers in 2010. Steve Forbes said the growing number of billionaires was a clear sign that the world's economy was recovering from the Great Recession.

August 1, 2026 - This is a list of countries by their number of billionaire residents, based on annual assessments of the net worth in United States Dollars of wealthy individuals worldwide.

1 month ago - The number of billionaires in any country can change rapidly as business scenarios evolve. Per-million data was unavailable for a handful of countries. There are more than 2600 billionaires globally. Over a third of the world’s billionaires ...

August 10, 2026 - In June 2026, Elon Musk became the first trillionaire in the world's history, underscoring his staggering accumulation of wealth. Similary, the number of billionaires worldwide reached 2,700 in 2023, up from just 470 in 2000.

3 weeks ago - Forbes presents the 2026 World's Billionaires list. View the richest people in the world and learn their net worth, age, country of residence, source of wealth and more.

April 23, 2026 - There are now 3,110 billionaires globally, according to analysis by the estate agent Knight Frank. This is forecast to rise by 25% over the next five years, taking the total to 3,915.

June 30, 2026 - Billionaires’ wealth grew by 25% on average in the year ended in April, research from Swiss bank UBS finds ... The number of billionaires in the world has jumped by 13% to a record 3,302 people, new figures show, as the super-rich accumulate ...

July 5, 2026 - Net worth in trillions of dollars. ... There were a record 3,428 billionaires in the world in 2026, worth a combined 20.1 trillion dollars, the most ever recorded by Forbes. The number of billionaires rose by 400 in a year, meaning the world ...

May 19, 2025 - How many billionaires live among us and how much of the world's total wealth do they hold? Answer: 3,028 billionaires Questions: How might the concentration of wealth among a small number people impact economies and societies? If you had the resources of a billionaire, what would you do? Why?

February 1, 2026 - The data for this visualization comes from UBS. With 924 billionaires, the United States remains the clear global leader. Combined billionaire wealth in the U.S. totals roughly $6.9 trillion, far exceeding any other country.

March 18, 2026 - Another 39 members of last year’s list died, including Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani, and Americans Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx, and Leonard Lauder, who ran the makeup giant created by his mother Estee Lauder for nearly three decades. ... The World’s Billionaires list is a ranking of every person on the planet who Forbes estimated to have a net worth of $1 billion U.S.

4 weeks ago - Billionaire-controlled companies ... MSCI AC World Index. According to the authors of the report, this Billionaire Effect is connected with smart risk-taking and willingness to plan and invest for the long term. The majority of billionaires are male, as fewer than 11% (197 of 1,826) on the 2015 list were female billionaires. The United States has the largest number of billionaires ...

China's rapid economic development the last decade is reflected in it having the highest number of billionaires worldwide.

January 30, 2026 - The report found that the world now has 2,919 billionaires, representing an 8.8% increase from 2024. These billionaires have a combined net worth of about $15.8 trillion. Their total wealth rose by roughly 13% in a year, indicating that existing ...

December 4, 2025 - The world had 2,919 billionaires on April 4, when UBS completed that part of its research, the largest number since the bank started collecting the data in 1995.

March 28, 2026 - Get personalized, AI-powered answers built on 27+ years of trusted expertise. The United States had the most billionaires in the world, according to Forbes, with a total of 902 in March 2025.

December 7, 2025 - Data from Swiss investment bank UBS shows that as of April 4, there were 2,919 billionaires around the world, the largest number ever recorded since UBS started collecting the data in 1995.

1 week ago - Odds are its about 4,000—the same, if not more, than the total number of billionaires on earth. ... Think about the last time you went to a sports stadium, to a concert venue, or even visited a small coastal town ahead of the fall holidays. The fewer-than 3,800 ...

March 11, 2026 - No nation boasts more billionaires than the United States, which has a record 989 worth a combined $8.4 trillion. That includes 15 of the 20 richest people in the world, including the richest person of all: Elon Musk, who immigrated to the U.S. ...