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- Knight Frank projects 3,915 billionaires by 2031, a 25% rise from 3,110 today.
- Research head Liam Bailey says tech and artificial intelligence have accelerated billionaire wealth by enabling rapid scaling.
- Oxfam reports ultra-rich hold $18.3 trillion while fewer than 60,000 people control three times the wealth of the bottom half.
- United Kingdom’s billionaire count fell to 156 in 2025, sharpest drop in 37 years, after the non-dom tax regime was abolished.
