During the 19th century, the Rothschild family possessed the largest private fortune in the world, as well as in modern world history. The family's wealth declined over the 20th century and was divided among many descendants.
The top 1 percent own 43 percent of all global financial assets. Just two corporations control 40 percent of the global seed market. The “big three” US-based asset managers —BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard— hold $20 trillion in assets, close to one-fifth of all investable assets in the world.
The top 20% of people in the UK own 58% of our national wealth. That's well over half of our national wealth is owned by a group which is made up of just one in five people. The top 10%, who are just one in 10 people, own well over a third of all the UK's national wealth.
A self-made billionaire, Taylor is the first musician to make the billionaire ranking primarily based on her songs and performances, and not due to investments and businesses. The singer-songwriter has been in the news recently for her engagement to American football player Travis Kelce.
By 2035, some predict there will be at least five trillionaires in the world, but no one has reached that yet. A trillionaire is someone who has accumulated a net worth of at least one trillion of their local currency.
Kate Middleton's daughter Princess Charlotte is named the world's richest child - IMDb. One would think that the wealthiest child in the world would be the boy who is second in line to be King after his father, Prince William, but no, that is not the case according to a study.
The Wallenberg family's business empire includes holdings in AstraZeneca, Ericsson, Saab and Nasdaq, and is worth 250 billion euros ($278 billion), according to the Financial Times.
At the height of their fortune, the family owned seven vast estates clustered around the Vale of Aylesbury, each adorned with a grand house and ostentatious gardens enveloped by rolling parkland. It's a sign of the times that only one house remains in family ownership, Eythrope, home of the present Lord Rothschild.
The House of Saud is the richest royal family. Their net worth is estimated at $1.4 trillion. The House of Al Sabah is the ruling family of Kuwait. The Royal Family of Qatar is the third richest family.
Britain's richest woman, Denise Coates, raked in £158m last year from her family's gambling empire, new documents show. The billionaire businesswoman's fortune swelled after receiving a £94.6m salary from Bet365 and a dividend of around £63.8m.
Kim Kardashian is worth $1.7 billion thanks largely to Skims and SKKN. Taylor Swift, worth $1.6 billion, earned a huge chunk of her fortune from her blockbuster Eras Tour along with successful movies, books, and album re-recordings.
Breaking down Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's soon-to-be combined $1.67 billion net worth. Meanwhile, the Kansas City Chiefs athlete is estimated to be worth around $70 million.
The government (together with its QUANGOs) is the biggest land owner by area, the Forestry Commission owning some 2,200,000 acres (890,000 ha), the MoD 1,101,851 acres (445,903 ha), the Crown Estate 678,420 acres (274,550 ha), DEFRA 116,309 acres (47,069 ha) and Homes England 19,349 acres (7,830 ha).
One millionaire left Britain every 45 minutes in the year Labour came to power, figures suggest. The UK lost 10,800 millionaires to overseas countries last year, more than double the number in 2023, according to new data.
