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The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires accounting for a quarter of the gains.<\/p>\n
The gains increased their collective net worth to $11.9tn, bolstered by billionaire Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 election victory and booming markets in cryptocurrencies, equities and metals.<\/p>\n
Around a quarter of the gains were attributed to eight billionaires, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Oracle chair Larry Ellison and Alphabet Inc co-founder Larry Page, though 2024 saw more concentrated net worth gains with the same eight billionaires making up 43% of total net worth gains for the wealthiest 500 individuals in the world.<\/p>\n
Ellison saw a net worth gain in 2025 of $57.7bn, bringing his total net worth to $249.8bn.<\/p>\n
Elon Musk\u2019s net worth soared by $190.3bn, to $622.7bn. Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart saw her net worth nearly triple from $12.6bn to $37.7bn through her rare -earth metals portfolio.<\/p>\n
A handful of billionaires experienced declines in their net worth, including Philippine billionaire Manuel Villar, who lost $12.6bn.<\/p>\n
Villar\u2019s net worth dropped to $10bn after shares of his property development firm, Golden MV Holdings Inc, dropped by 80% at the end of a six-month trading suspension for the firm.<\/p>\n
According to OxFam, a global confederation of non-government organizations, the $2.2tn growth in net worth for the world\u2019s wealthiest 500 individuals would have been enough to lift 3.8 billion people out of poverty.<\/p>\n
\u201cInequality is a deliberate policy choice. Despite record wealth at the top, public wealth is stagnating, even declining, and debt distress is growing,\u201d said Oxfam\u2019s international executive director, Amitabh Behar, in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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