The Billionaire Class: A Tiny but Mighty Force in Global Finance The news that fewer than 4,000 billionaires worldwide now hold a record $15.
1 trillion, nearly half of the US economy's total worth, is both astonishing and predictable. This tiny group wields significant financial power, and their collective wealth has grown at an alarming rate for decades.
The sheer scale of billionaire wealth can be hard to comprehend.