That’s rich. The number of global millionaires is set to nearly double by 2026, despite rising interest rates, looming recession fears and a recent plunge in net worth for some of the world’s wealthiest people. As of 2021, there were 62.5 million millionaires in the world. But that number is expected to jump 40% and reach 87.5 million over the next five years, according to Credit Suisse Group AG’s Global Wealth Report 2022 released on Tuesday. And this would be driven by rapid gains expected in Asian countries, including China, Japan and Korea, as well as within European territories like the U.K. and France.
See also: Mitch McConnell says he is ‘done with’ Trump and ‘will never speak to him again,’ according to new book In fact, China will add more millionaires than any other country between 2021 and 2026, according to the report. It will go from having 6.2 million to 12.2 million, while the U.S. is projected to go from 24.5 million to 27.7 million. Still, as of 2021, the U.S. has the most people worth a million dollars by far, according to the Credit Suisse data. That’s nearly quadruple China, which has the second highest number. The U.S. is expected to gain 3.2 more millionaires between 2021 and 2026, but the percentage increase is much lower than what’s expected in other countries, because America already has so many people in the seven-figure club. “Despite the inflation and Russia-Ukraine war setbacks, we believe that total global wealth will continue to grow,” the report said. “We expect household wealth in China to continue to catch up with the United States, advancing the equivalent of 14 U.S. years between 2021 and 2026.” See also: Trump’s Facebook ban may end as soon as January 2023, Meta executive says The report also looked at people who qualify as “ultra-high-net-worth individuals” — like Amazon’s
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Mark Zuckerberg, who have obtained a fortune north of $50 million in their lifetimes. The U.S. has 140,000 of these ultra-high-net-worth people, followed by China at 32,710 and Germany at 9,720. What’s more, the U.S. gained more of these ultra- …