Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports

<p>Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity says</p><p>The wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires has surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade, according to Oxfam, equivalent to 14.6% of global output.</p><p>In total the richest 1% of the global population has gained at least $33.9tn in real terms, which the charity said was “enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/26/billionaires-wealth-oxfam-report">Continue reading...</a>