The cost of living crisis has made it a struggle for many to put food on the table at Christmas, but for US tech billionaires and Russian oligarchs alike, the festive period is all gravy.
From Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg at the top of the tree to relative small fry such as Britain’s James Dyson and Jim Ratcliffe, Manchester United’s newest shareholder, the world’s wealthiest mostly got richer in 2023, figures show.