The number of billionaires around the world exceeded 3000 people for the first time in 2025, with wealth of about $ 16.1 trillion, according to the Forbes Global List of Millareras issued today. The wealth of billionaires was not affected by global crises, but rather increased during the Kofid-19 pandemic, as technology shares rise.
While the number of billionaires gradually exceeded the barrier of 3000 people, the wealth of billionaires combined over their levels in 2021, which means that the individual billionaire became richer on average.
In 2025, as markets were continued to be affected by global turmoil and insecurity, billionaire wealth witnessed another remarkable increase.
The 100 billion dollar club had a record number of 15 members as of 2025, while 3 people owned more than 200 billion dollars at the time of the release of the new list in early April – Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg.
The United States had a record number of 902 billionaires, or nearly a third of all billionaires in the world. China was followed by 516 billionaires (including Hong Kong) ahead of India by 205.
While 288 billionaires were added to the list this year, including the first billionaire of Albania. Also among the new men’s celebrities is Bruce Springstein, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Sinfield, as well as the founder of “Chipotley”, Steve Elz.
The wealth of the billionaires of 3028 billionaires this year reached 16.1 trillion dollars, or $ 5.3 billion each. This is in contrast to 2013, when the average wealth of billionaires was only $ 3.8 billion. While billionaires constitute the summit of inequality in global wealth, they themselves show an unequal distribution of wealth, with the value of the fortune of the 15 billionaires mentioned at the top of the list is $ 2.4 trillion combined, which is more than 1500 billionaires “at the bottom of the list” combined.
