
The number of world billionaires dropped by 87 in 2022, with 2,688 people maintaining a global net worth of $12.7 trillion, down from last year’s $13.1 trillion, according to an annual ranking from Forbes.
But the number of billionaires in the US has grown to 725 people, worth a combined $4.7 trillion, or roughly one-third of all billionaire wealth in the world.