Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang are among those expected to hit trillionaire status, with Oxfam suggesting that there will be five within the next 10 years. Within the next ten years five people will hold the title of trillionaire—with a 13-figure fortune to their name—according to a new study from Oxfam.

A new study from Oxfam projects that five individuals are on track to become trillionaires within the next ten years, amassing fortunes with 13 figures to their names. This projection marks a significant shift from a previous Oxfam report that indicated only one person would reach this milestone within a decade.

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

There is increasing disparity in the world today as an "aristocratic oligarchy" is amassing wealth at unforeseen levels, a report published by development organization Oxfam said. Published ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos,

Oxfam report said billionaire wealth grew by $2 trillion last year, or roughly $5.7 billion a day, three-times faster than in 2023.

As global elites arrive in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, the global advocacy group Oxfam reported that billionaires' wealth increased three times faster in 2024 than the previous year, and it warned of an emerging aristocratic oligarchy with enormous political clout,

Behar said the planet's five richest people — Tesla CEO Elon Musk, LVMH owner Bernard Arnault, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, and investor Warren Buffett — have seen their fortunes increase by 114 percent since 2020, and the prospect of someone amassing $1,000 billion — a trillion — is now very real.

Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, while the number of the world’s poor has barely changed over the last quarter-century, a top anti-poverty group reported Monday.

Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, as the world’s richest people increasingly benefited from inheritance and powerful connections, Oxfam said in its annual inequality report.

The wealth of the world's 10 richest men grew US$100 million ($160 million) an hour on average last year, according to Oxfam's Takers Not Makers report, published on Monday.