The 29 richest people on earth control 27% of all billionaire wealth, a share that has nearly quadrupled since 2017.
AI-driven equity gains fueled the surge, with Elon Musk briefly becoming the world's first trillionaire after **** eX went public.
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Altrata's Billionaire Census 2026 delivers a single figure that reframes how concentrated the top of the global wealth pyramid has become. The planet's 29 richest people, who make up 0.7% of the billionaire population, held a combined net worth of $4.1tn in 2025, or 27% of all billionaire wealth. The report calls this group the "superbillionaires," and the share they command has moved sharply in a very short window.
The threshold for superbillionaire status is a personal fortune in excess of $50bn. That is a net worth cutoff, not income, and Altrata's figures reflect the estimated value of an individual's total **** et base as of the 2025 data year. The combined wealth of the 29 implies an average fortune in the region of $140bn, though the report notes the distribution inside the tier is far from uniform.

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