Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, says Oxfam

Group’s report comes as the world’s political and financial elite prepare for an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland.
The charity reported that the wealth of the world's billionaires grew from $13 trillion to $15 trillion in 2024, a rate that ...
Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group reported Jan. 20 as some of the world's political and financial ...
At current trends the charity Oxfam predicts up to five trillionaires are expected to emerge within the next decade.
Behar said the planet's five richest people — Tesla CEO Elon Musk, LVMH owner Bernard Arnault, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, and investor Warren Buffett — have seen their ...
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The world's richest accumulated massive wealth in 2024, which some speculate could reach even greater heights in the next few ...
Oxfam's annual inequality report shows the rapid acceleration of wealth accumulation by the world's richest in 2024, as 44 ...
According to Oxfam International, the wealth of billionaires globally grew three times faster in 2024 compared to the ...
The capture of our global economy by a privileged few has reached heights once considered unimaginable,” said the executive ...
The wealth of the world’s billionaires skyrocketed by a staggering 2$ trillion (£1.64 trillion) in 2024, a surge three times ...
Oxfam’s new report estimates that 54 percent of billionaire wealth is either inherited or stems from monopoly power.