Wealth inequality is worse now than during the 1890s Gilded Age.3 According to the Forbes World’s Billionaires list published in March 2026, there are 3,428 billionaires with a combined net worth over twenty trillion dollars ($20T). Each of the people in its Top 20 have at least one hundred billion dollars ($100B). The man in the first spot, Elon Musk, had around $800B when the list was published.4 But then, a mere three months later on 12 June, he became the world's first trillionaire5 (a status he lost on 24 June6, and will likely regain and lose again as his net worth changes due to stock market fluctuations).
Psst... Those are just the billionaires (and occasional trillionaire). Globally, there are over a half million ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families each with assets of $30M or more.7
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