Africa’s Richest Economy Tops the World in Income Inequality Something doesn’t add up in Johannesburg. A country that mints millionaires faster than any other on the African continent — 41,100 at last ...

The richest 10 percent of the world’s population now owns three-quarters of all personal wealth, according to the newly released World Inequality Report 2026. Income is not much different, where the ...

It’s official. This tormented, heated, traumatised planet is now home to over 3,000 billionaires.  (That number was reached ...

A homeless man pushes a shopping cart full of his belongings across an intersection in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles. [AP Photo/Jae C. Hong] The recently released UBS Global Wealth Report 2025 ...

When researchers measure wealth inequality, they use something called the Gini coefficient. Think of it as a score between 0 and 1, where 0 means everyone has exactly the same wealth and 1 means one ...

During the past year, global wealth among high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) surged by 4.2%, with their population growing by 2.6%, according to Capgemini’s World Wealth Report 2025. This steady ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. April Rudin, The Rudin Group CEO, covers wealth management, wealthtech Jul 18, 2025, 08:00am EDT Jul 18, 2025, 10:57am EDT ...

Qatar’s LNG-driven prosperity is reshaping both its domestic eco-nomy and its international footprint. In late October, Sheikh Bandar Al-Thani, governor of the Central Bank of Qatar and Chairman of ...

The wealth gap isn’t just growing. It’s reached a point where millionaire households control nearly half of all personal wealth on the planet, according to UBS’ 2025 Global Wealth Report. That ...