Billionaires also have more collective wealth than ever, with assets estimated at $14.2 billion, an increase of $2 billion from 2023 and more than the GDP of any country except the US and China .
The collective wealth of billionaires has increased by 120% in the past decade.
“It’s been an amazing year for the world’s richest people, with more billionaires than ever before,” said Forbes editor Chase Peterson-Withorn.
Equality campaigners said the “staggering wealth” amassed by the super-rich should lead to urgent efforts “to spread that wealth more equally, proportionately and efficiently”.
Taylor Swift is one of the 265 newcomers on this year’s Forbes list. Swift, 34, reached the milestone with an estimated fortune of $1.1 billion on the back of her record-breaking Eras tour and movie concert.
The richest person on the planet is Bernard Arnault, the majority owner of the luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, whose fortune, according to Forbes, increased by 10%, reaching $ 233 billion. Elon Musk is in second place, with 195 billion dollars, an increase of 8% compared to last year.
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