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The family's accumulated wealth has been divided among many descendants, only one of which (Benjamin de Rothschild) was officially recognized as a billionaire. Determining the family's exact wealth has been deemed implausible; [59] conspiracy theories claiming the family is worth trillions of dollars have not been proven. [60] [61]
The combined net worth of the list was $3.6 trillion, up 50 percent from 2009's $2.4 trillion, while the average net worth was $3.5 billion. [9] The 2010 list featured 164 re-entries and 97 true newcomers. [9] Asia accounted for more than 100 of the new entrants.
The world's 10 wealthiest people added more than $500 billion to their combined fortunes in 2024. The top 20 gained $700 billion and ended the year with a total worth above $3 trillion.
Arnault and his family had an estimated peak net worth of US$240.7 billion in April 2023, according to Forbes. [73] This made him the richest person in the world at the time, surpassing Elon Musk . Musk would surpass Arnaut in June 2023 in net worth with $240 billion, as Arnault's wealth dropped to $190 billion.
The following is a list of publicly traded companies having the greatest market capitalization, sometimes described as their "market value": [1]. Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the share price on a selected day and the number of outstanding shares on that day.
The bottom 25% of families had a median net worth of zero, while the 25th to 50th percentile had a median net worth of $40,000. [217] Wealth inequality is more unequal than income inequality, with the top 1% households owning approximately 42% of the net worth in 2012, versus 24% in 1979. [218]
Bill Gates's divorce in 2021 from Melinda Gates is the most expensive divorce with Melinda getting $76 billion.($84 billion inflation adjusted).; Jeff Bezos's divorce in 2019 from MacKenzie Bezos; is the second most expensive divorce with MacKenzie Bezos getting $38 billion ($45.3 billion inflation adjusted).
Net Worth Source of Wealth Notes 1: Taikichiro Mori: US$15 billion: Mori Building Company: 2: Yoshiaki Tsutsumi: US$14 billion & more: Seibu Railway: 3: Kitaro Watanabe: US$7 billion & more: Azabu Building: 4: Kenkichi Nakajima & family: US$6.1 billion: Heiwa Corporation: 5: Takenaka family: US$5.4 billion: Takenaka Corporation: 6: Yoneichi ...