Move over billionaires. The first trillionaires are on their way.
The World Economic Forum kicks off in the Swiss Alpine resort on the same day as the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.
The world's richest accumulated massive wealth in 2024, which some speculate could reach even greater heights in the next few years.
The world could soon see its first trillionaires, with five individuals projected to reach the milestone within the next decade if current trends persist, according to Oxfam's annual inequality report released Sunday reported CNN Business.
At current trends the charity Oxfam predicts up to five trillionaires are expected to emerge within the next decade.
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang are among those expected to hit trillionaire status, with Oxfam suggesting that there will be five within the next 10 years. Within the next ten years five people will hold the title of trillionaire—with a 13-figure fortune to their name—according to a new study from Oxfam.
Oxfam report said billionaire wealth grew by $2 trillion last year, or roughly $5.7 billion a day, three-times faster than in 2023.
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and three others are projected to become trillionaires over the next decade, further deepening global inequality as poverty levels remain stagnant.
The world will soon have five trillionaires as the wealth growth rate of its richest people rises faster than earlier estimates, according to a recent forecast.
Currently the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, with earnings of 430 billion dollars, could become a trillionaire in a few years.
Donald Trump was sworn in Monday as the 47th president of the United States with some of the richest people on the planet standing close behind him on the inaugural platform—a symbol of what observers described as the nation's slide toward oligarchy.