Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, says Oxfam

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 grew by £1.6 trillion last year, Oxfam says
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 num
Billionaire wealth soars three times faster by $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 began to assemble for their annual jamboree in this ski resort town.
Billionaire wealth on the rise, says Oxfam, warning of 'aristocratic oligarchy'
As global elites arrive in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, the global advocacy group Oxfam reported that billionaires' wealth increased three times faster in 2024 than the previous year, and it warned of an emerging aristocratic oligarchy with enormous political clout,
Wealth of billionaires like Trump, Musk soared in 2024, report says, as elite meeting in Davos opens
Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, while the number of the world’s poor has barely changed over the last quarter-century, a top anti-poverty group reported Monday.
Irish billionaire wealth increased by €13bn in 2024, Oxfam say
According to Oxfam, Irish billionaire wealth could carpet the whole of Phoenix Park in €50 notes almost 1.5 times over
Total wealth of UK billionaires increased by £35m per day in 2024 – Oxfam
Oxfam highlighted that 44% of the world’s population currently lives on less than 6.85 US dollars per day, according to data from the World Bank.
Billionaire wealth rises $3 trillion in 2024, at a rate three times faster than year before, Oxfam finds
Imagine earning $3.5 million ($US2 million) a day - that was the average daily income for the world's billionaires last year.
Billionaires' wealth skyrocketing, anti-poverty group says ahead of Davos
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.
Billionaires' wealth soared in 2024, anti-poverty group says as the elites prepare for another Davos
Billionaire’s wealth has grown faster last year, and now the world can expect at least five trillionaires within a decade, even as the number of people in poverty has barely budged since 1990
Billionaire wealth growing at 'unimaginable' rate as poverty persists, Oxfam says
Oxfam's annual inequality report shows the rapid acceleration of wealth accumulation by the world's richest in 2024, as 44 percent of the world continues to live in poverty. FRANCE 24's Business Editor Charles Pellegrin speaks with Oxfam International's Executive Director Amitabh Behar at the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos,
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