Ahead of today’s inauguration of President Donald Trump, Oxfam America President and CEO Abby Maxman released the followin

Billionaire wealth grew by $2tn in 2024, three times faster than the previous year, according to Oxfam's latest report on wealth. View on euronews

Last year marked the second-largest annual increase in billionaire wealth since records started, according to Oxfam.

Billionaire wealth surged last year, with the world's richest individuals adding $2 trillion to their pockets in 2024, according to a new report released Monday.

There is increasing disparity in the world today as an "aristocratic oligarchy" is amassing wealth at unforeseen levels, a report published by development organization Oxfam said. Published ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos,

Oxfam report said billionaire wealth grew by $2 trillion last year, or roughly $5.7 billion a day, three-times faster than in 2023.

The S&P 500 largely erased its post-election gains the past few weeks. As Trump’s inauguration nears, investors seem ready to play the market again.

Oxfam Ireland CEO predicts incoming US president Donald Trump will 'slash taxes for the ultra-rich and mega-corporations at the expense of everyone else'

As global elites arrive in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, the global advocacy group Oxfam reported that billionaires' wealth increased three times faster in 2024 than the previous year, and it warned of an emerging aristocratic oligarchy with enormous political clout,

A leading NGO warned Monday of an emerging "aristocratic oligarchy" with massive political clout and primed to profit from Donald Trump's presidency, as global elites descend on Davos for their annual confab.

At his inauguration in Washington, DC, overnight, Trump claimed that “America’s decline is over” and the “golden age of America begins right now” ( Reuters );

Oligarchy or Opportunity? The Global Elite’s Imminent Confab in Davos** As the world's elites gather in Davos for their annual powwow, many are raising eyebrows over the impli