According to the 38th annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires, the total net worth of the 2,781 billionaires is $14.2 trillion. This is an increase of $2 trillion from 2023 and $1.1 trillion above the previous record set in 2021.
Here are some other details about the world's billionaires:
The US has the most billionaires with 813, worth a combined $5.7 trillion.
China is second with 473 billionaires worth $1.7 trillion.
Germany has the fourth-highest number of billionaires with 132.
Russia has 120 billionaires worth $537 billion.
Luxembourg is the only new country to join the list this year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_wealth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_Global_2000
The Global 2000 ranks the largest companies in the world using four metrics: sales, profits, assets and market value. As a group, the companies on the 2023 list account for
$51.7 trillion in sales,
$4.5 trillion in profits,
$238 trillion in assets and
$88 trillion in market value,
and 61 different countries are represented. We used the latest 12 months of financial data available to us as of May 17, 2024 to calculate the factors used in our ranking.
https://www.tradingview.com/markets/world-stocks/worlds-largest-companies/#