Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, says Oxfam

Anti-poverty group says billionaires’ wealth soared in 2024 as the elites prepare for another Davos
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.
Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, says Oxfam as world leaders meet for Davos
Billionaire wealth surged last year, with the world's richest individuals adding $2 trillion to their pockets in 2024, according to a new report released Monday.
Billionaires' Wealth Soars in 2024: Anti-Poverty Group— World Leaders Prepare for Davos
Latest assessment by Oxfam International, timed with the opening of the World Economic Forum, predicts that at least five trillionaires will emerge over the next decade. Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 compared to the previous year,
Billionaire wealth surges by $2trln in 2024
Billionaire wealth grew by $2 trillion in 2024 alone, equivalent to roughly $5.7 billion a day, at a rate three times faster than the year before, according to a new report from Oxfam. An average of nearly four new billionaires were minted every week in 2024.
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Billionaires’ wealth grew by £1.6 trillion last year, Oxfam says
Billionaire 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
Billionaires’ wealth soared in 2024, anti-poverty group says
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.”
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Billionaires' wealth soared in 2024, a top anti-poverty group said ahead of an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland of some of the world's political and financial elite.
Billionaire wealth soars three times faster by USD 2 trillion in 2024: Oxfam
Billionaire wealth across the globe surged by USD 2 trillion in 2024 to USD 15 trillion at a rate three times faster than the previous year, a study showed on Monday here as the richest of the world b
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Billionaire Wealth Skyrockets By $2 Trillion In 2024, While Poverty Levels Remain Stagnant: Report
Billionaire wealth surged globally by $2 trillion in 2024, reaching a total of $15 trillion in 2024, growing at a pace three times faster than the previous year, a report revealed ahead of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting.
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