The number of wealthy people around the world rises thanks to the gains of stocks and bitcoin

The number of high wealth has increased, those whose assets are more than $ 10 million, by 4.4% throughout the world last year, to record 2.34 million people thanks to the gains of stocks and bitcoin. According to the annual wealth report issued yesterday by the International Real Estate Consulting Company “Knight Frank”, based in London, the nineteenth edition of the “Wealth Report 2025”.

Which provides a comprehensive analysis of the global distribution of wealth, the United States is now home to about 40% of the world’s wealthy, equivalent to twice the number in China, the second largest home for the wealthy. American stock gains assisted in strengthening the wealth of individuals, as the S & B 500 index increased by 23%during the year 2024, the Nasdaq index rose by 29%, and the industrial “Dow Jones” with more than 12%. “Liam Billy”, head of international research at Knight Frank, said:

“The elasticity of the American economy has helped support the confidence of investors, and the trends that support the creation of wealth, including the high financial markets led by stocks and bitcoin, continued.” The report indicated an increase of 4.2% in the number of individuals with a value of at least $ 100 million in 2024, to exceed 100,000 people in the world for the first time ever.

The United States controls the largest number of billionaires, with a total of $ 5.7 trillion, followed by China with a billionaire wealth of $ 1.34 trillion.

The number of individuals with high net wealth (UHNWIS) – whose assets exceed 100 million dollars – exceeded 100,000 people worldwide for the first time. The rate of sex between the new billionaires changes: 82% of the new billionaires in 2024 were male, a decrease from 90% in 2020.

Women formed billionaires under the age of thirty up to 47% of the new arrivals, indicating a shift towards gender balance in creating wealth.