Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, as the world’s richest people increasingly benefited from inheritance and powerful connections, Oxfam said in its annual inequality report.

When you think of billionaires today, perhaps Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, or maybe even Taylor Swift come to mind. But paving the way for them all was John D. Rockefeller, the world's first dollar ...

John D. The Standard Oil owner was considered the world’s first billionaire when he achieved this status in 1916. Nearly a century later, wealth has multiplied dramatically to the point where men ...

In 1916, John D. Rockefeller became the world’s first billionaire thanks to his stake in Standard Oil. Microsoft founder Bill Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999 right before the dot ...

The combined wealth of all the world’s billionaires is now an eye-watering $15tn ... and overseas and provide crucial investment for our public services. “For the first time, with the groundbreaking ...

The charity reported that the wealth of the world's billionaires grew from $13 trillion to $15 trillion in 2024, a rate that ...

There are about 3,320 billionaires in the world. That's about 0.00004% of the ... April: The Masters Tournament Forget Easter. The first signs of spring mean one thing for billionaires: golf.

Since it appears that unelected billionaire Elon Musk is running the country, I'd like a word with all the right-wing ...

Adding $10 to his registered net worth in 1999, he had been included in the Forbes World's Billionaires list for the first time. One billion dollars. Six dollars were deducted from his net worth. In ...