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Fortune
Chloe Berger

Gen Z thinks they need almost $9.5 million to be financially successful after anxiously watching their parents unretire

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  • Gen Zers consider financial success to be a net worth of $9,469,847, almost twice as much as Gen Xer’s benchmark of $5,295,072.

The benchmark for financial comfort seems to be moving further away with each passing decade. Battling inflation, a thorny housing market, and overwhelming wealth disparity, young adults are taking a look around and figuring they’ll need a fair amount extra to wage the volatile economy in the long run.

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