The World Economic Forum kicks off in the Swiss Alpine resort on the same day as the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.

Within a decade, the world could witness the emergence of its first trillionaire, Oxfam International warns in its latest inequality report. Released during the World Economic Forum in Davos, the report underscores a stark reality: the wealth of the top five billionaires has more than doubled since the pandemic,

The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is underway this week — and there are calls for taxing the extremely rich to address global inequality.

A recent report by Oxfam International reveals a shocking truth. During colonial rule, the UK took around $64.82 trillion from India. Most of this wealth went to the richest 10% of people.

Move over billionaires. The first trillionaires are on their way.

The development organization Oxfam predicts that the world’s first trillionaires could emerge within the next decade. The report highlights that the wealth of the ten richest billionaires has grown by an average of $100 million per day over the past ten years.

Oxfam’s new report estimates that 54 percent of billionaire wealth is either inherited or stems from monopoly power.

Drawing on a range of studies and research papers, Oxfam calculated that between 1765 and 1900, the richest 10 percent in the UK extracted wealth from India equivalent to $33.8 trillion in today’s ter

The wealth of the world’s billionaires skyrocketed by a staggering 2$ trillion (£1.64 trillion) in 2024, a surge three times

In 2024, billionaire wealth surged globally by $2 trillion, growing three times faster than the previous year, according to Oxfam’s

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