In 2023, roughly 1.49 billion adults worldwide had a net worth of less than 10,000 U.S. dollars. By comparison, 58 million adults had a net worth of more than one million U.S. dollars in the same year. Wealth distribution The distribution of wealth is an indicator of economic inequality. The United Nations says that wealth includes the sum of natural, human, and physical assets. Wealth is not synonymous with income, however, because having a large income can be depleted if one has significant expenses. In 2023, nearly 1,700 billionaires had a total wealth between one to two billion U.S. dollars. Wealth worldwide China had the highest number of billionaires in 2023, with the United States following behind. That same year, New York had the most billionaires worldwide.

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As of March 2025, Elon Musk had a net worth valued at 328.5 billion U.S. dollars, making him the richest man in the world. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos followed in second, with Marc Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, in third. The list is dominated by Americans, and Alice Walton and Francoise Bettencourt Meyers are the only women among the 20 richest people worldwide.

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As of September 2023, Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos was the world's richest internet billionaire, with an estimated net worth of 114 billion U.S. dollars. The chief technology officer of the computer software company Oracle, Larry Ellison, ranked second, with a fortune of 107 billion U.S. dollars. Bill Gates, the co-founder of tech giant Microsoft, ranked third in the ranking of internet billionaires, with a net worth of 104 billion U.S. dollars.

Bright future for tech industry

Standing out as one of the most profitable and fastest-growing industries, the tech sector's future looks bright as global spend is forecasted to rise annually until at least 2023, hitting nearly 4.6 trillion U.S. dollars that year. Most of this will come from investment in communication services, followed by IT services. In the aftermath of the global coronavirus pandemic, the software industry was also one of the more resilient tech branches, with approximately 6.6 percent growth forecast in October 2021, second only to the PC/Tablet category.

Amazon and Alphabet are top market players

In the realm of software, Amazon and Alphabet currently top the list of largest internet companies in the world by market capitalization. Starting in 1994 as an online bookstore, the internet giant founded by Jeff Bezos has since grown to offer grocery services, media streaming, e-books and smart home technology, among other products, and is now a leading e-commerce platform worldwide. Meanwhile, Alphabet, the Google brand's parent company, has also risen to be one of the most prominent players on the internet, primarily due partly to noteworthy acquisitions such as YouTube and the Android operating system, which now powers over 70 percent of the world's mobile devices.

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In 2023, 225,000 individuals with net assets of at least 30 million U.S. dollars were residing in the United States, by far the highest number of any country. By comparison, China, which had the second highest number of ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs), had less than 100,000 individuals with assets amounting to 30 million U.S. dollars or more.Place of residence of ultra high net worth individuals The residency of almost half of the world’s ultra high net worth individuals in the United States explains the dominance of North America in regard to the number of ultra high net worth individuals by region. Hong Kong was the city with the most UHNWIs in 2022, followed by New York, London, and Los Angeles. Source of wealth and gender differences A majority of the world's UHNWIs are self-made. However, looking at billionaires, there is a clear difference between men and women; whereas a majority of billionaire men were self-made, a majority of the women had inherited their fortune.

In 2024, the assets of high net worth individuals in North America, which amounted to **** trillion U.S. dollars, exceeded the assets of Asian Pacific HNWIs by *** billion U.S. dollars. The value of assets of HNWIs worldwide increased over ***** billion U.S. dollars in 2024. High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) are people with wealth exceeding *** million U.S. dollars.

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United States - Rest of the World; Net Worth (IMA), Level was 22616635.00000 Mil. of $ in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Rest of the World; Net Worth (IMA), Level reached a record high of 24733479.00000 in October of 2024 and a record low of -273274.00000 in January of 1984. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Rest of the World; Net Worth (IMA), Level - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

According to the Hurun Global Rich List 2025, the United States housed the highest number of billionaires worldwide in 2025. In detail, there were *** billionaires living in the United States as of January that year. By comparison, *** billionaires resided in China. India, the United Kingdom, and Germany were also the homes of a significant number of billionaires that year. United States has regained its first place As the founder and exporter of consumer capitalism, it is no surprise that the United States is home to a large number of billionaires. Although China had briefly overtaken the U.S. in recent years, the United States has reclaimed its position as the country with the most billionaires in the world. Moreover, North America leads the way in terms of the highest number of ultra high net worth individuals – those with a net worth of more than ***** million U.S. dollars. The prominence of Europe and North America is a reflection of the higher degree of economic development in those states. However, this may also change as China and other emerging economies continue developing. Female billionaires Moreover, the small proportion of female billionaires does little to counter critics claiming the global economy is dominated by an elite comprised mainly of men. On the list of the 20 richest people in the world, only one was a woman. Moreover, recent political discourse has put a great amount of attention on the wealth held by the super-rich with the wealth distribution of the global population being heavily unequal.

1) Data Introduction • The Billionaires Statistics Dataset (2023) is a comprehensive set of personal and business information, including rankings of billionaires worldwide, net assets, industries, businesses, nationalities, birth and residence information, and asset sources.

2) Data Utilization (1) Billionaires Statistics Dataset (2023) has characteristics that: • The dataset consists of more than 35 columns, including the billionaire's rank, final Worth, industry, country, age, country of residence, source of assets, related industries, citizenship, organization, selfMade, birth information, data collection date, economic and social indicators (GDP, CPI, education enrollment, life expectancy, tax revenue, population, etc.). • In addition to individual asset information, economic indicators and demographic data by country are combined, allowing a three-dimensional analysis of billionaires and each country's economic and social environment. (2) Billionaires Statistics Dataset (2023) can be used to: • Wealth Distribution and Industry Analysis: Using billionaires' net worth, industry, and national data, we can analyze global wealth concentration and wealth distribution by industry and region. • A study linking demographics and economic indicators: Billionaire data can be combined with various economic and social indicators such as GDP, CPI, tax revenue, education, and life expectancy to be used for in-depth research on wealth formation, social background, ratio of self-made and inherited wealth, and regional characteristics.

This dataset contains the Forbes Billionaire List for 2024, featuring the top individuals ranked by their net worth. It includes essential details such as their names, rankings, and net worth. This data is ideal for quick analysis and insights into the wealthiest people globally in 2024.

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The United States is leading the ranking by number of high networth individuals , recording **** million individuals. Following closely behind is China with **** million individuals, while Lesotho is trailing the ranking with * thousand individuals, resulting in a difference of **** million individuals to the ranking leader, the United States. High Net Worth Individuals are here defined as persons with investible assets of at least *********** U.S. dollars in current exchange rate terms.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in more than *** countries and regions worldwide. All input data are sourced from international institutions, national statistical offices, and trade associations. All data has been are processed to generate comparable datasets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).

United States - Rest of the World; Total Liabilities and Net Worth (IMA), Level was 56625129.00000 Mil. of $ in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Rest of the World; Total Liabilities and Net Worth (IMA), Level reached a record high of 56625129.00000 in January of 2024 and a record low of 11855.00000 in January of 1946. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Rest of the World; Total Liabilities and Net Worth (IMA), Level - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Germany DE: Households: Net Worth data was reported at 14,653,575.000 EUR mn in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 13,870,811.000 EUR mn for 2019. Germany DE: Households: Net Worth data is updated yearly, averaging 9,854,020.000 EUR mn from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2020, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14,653,575.000 EUR mn in 2020 and a record low of 7,669,107.000 EUR mn in 2005. Germany DE: Households: Net Worth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.IMF.FSI: 2006 Methodology: Sectoral Financial Statement: Balance Sheet: Annual.

This table contains 58320 series, with data for years 1999 - 2016 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (20 items: Canada; Atlantic; Newfoundland and Labrador; Prince Edward Island; ...); Assets and debts (27 items: Total assets; Private pension assets; Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs), Locked-in Retirement Accounts (LIRAs) and other; Employer-sponsored Registered Pension Plans (EPPs); ...); Net worth quintiles (6 items: Total, all net worth quintiles; Lowest net worth quintile; Second net worth quintile; Middle net worth quintile; ...); Statistics (6 items: Total values; Percentage of total assets or total debts; Number holding asset or debt; Percentage holding asset or debt; ...); Confidence intervals (3 items: Estimate; Lower bound of a 95% confidence interval; Upper bound of a 95% confidence interval).

United States RW: Balance Sheet: Net Worth data was reported at 5,729.673 USD bn in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 5,618.944 USD bn for Dec 2017. United States RW: Balance Sheet: Net Worth data is updated quarterly, averaging -15.995 USD bn from Dec 1951 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 266 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,050.172 USD bn in Dec 2016 and a record low of -335.649 USD bn in Mar 1984. United States RW: Balance Sheet: Net Worth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.AB081: Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts: Rest of the World.