These top 10 richest billionaires not only hold staggering personal fortunes but also shape the global economy with their innovative ideas and strategic ventures. According to Forbes, nine out of ...

AI is creating billionaires at unprecedented speed as startups hit multibillion valuations, secondary sales unlock cash, and ...

Black wealth, especially at the billionaire level, remains a statistical anomaly in global finance. But in 2025, that narrative continues to shift — if only incrementally. According to Forbes ...

By far, most of the world’s billionaires are from the U.S. — 735 as of March of this year, as noted by Forbes. Next is China (539), followed by India (166), Germany (134) and Russia (83).

Meanwhile, over the past 10 years, the number of billionaires worldwide has increased by more than half, to 2,891, according ...

The world’s most populous country, India, still ranks third, with 205 billionaires (up from 200 last year) worth $941 billion combined, which is down from $954 billion last year.

Cargill Inc. paid a record dividend to the billionaire families who control the world’s biggest agricultural commodities ...

The combined wealth of the world's billionaires as of March 2021 is some $13.1 trillion -- up from $8 trillion total in March 2020.

The billionaires’ combined wealth rose 32% year over year to US$14.7 trillion, a sum that falls between the GDP of the world’s two biggest economies, the U.S. (with US$19.5 trillion) and China ...

How Many Billionaires Are There in the World in 2023? There are 2,640 billionaires as of May 2023, according to Forbes. However, only 140 people were in the exclusive billion-dollar club back in 1987.