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The world added nearly a million new millionaires in 2025 — but most people got poorer
Global personal wealth rose 10.8 last year, the fastest pace in years, yet median wealth fell in most markets
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The New Zealand Herald
· Jun 28, 2026
From poverty to prosperity: Why people move toward billionaire-rich nations – Patrick Phelps
From poverty to prosperity: Why people move toward billionaire-rich nations – Patrick Phelps
Off The Press
· Jul 7, 2026
More than 440K people became millionaires in the US last year
More than 440,000 people in the U.S. became millionaires in 2025 as strong stock market gains boosted Americans’ wealth, according to a new UBS report. That works out to about 1,200 new millionaires a day, accounting for nearly half of the global increase last year, the Swiss bank found. But the rise in U.S. millionaires []...Click to read more
DNyuz
· Jul 9, 2026
Self-made multimillionaire says Canadians ‘give no money away’ compared with Americans—research shows U.S. giving is more than twice as high
The gap between the rich and the poor continues to rise at an extraordinary pace. Just 56,000 ultra-wealthy individuals—the world’s richest 0.001—now control more wealth than the poorest 4 billion people on Earth combined, according to UBS’s 2026 Global Wealth Report. For Bill Holland, the former CEO of Canadian financial services giant CI Financial, that []
RTL Today
· Jun 30, 2026
UBS Global Wealth Report: Nearly one in six adults in Luxembourg is a millionaire
Global personal wealth surged in 2025, with a record number of new millionaires with Luxembourg containing one of the highest proportions worldwide, Swiss bank UBS said Tuesday.
Daily Mail
· Jul 8, 2026
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS review: Filthy rich? If this millionaire chancer gets his way, we'll all be dirt poor...
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS review: Filthy rich? If this millionaire chancer gets his way, we'll all be dirt poor...
The West Australian
· Jul 1, 2026
Kim Macdonald: Moves to boost housing density in Perth long overdue and coming to a suburb near you
About 50,000 families will wake up in a year’s time and be hundreds of thousands of dollars richer.
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Related coverage for "The world added nearly a million new millionaires in 2025 — but most people got poorer": The New Zealand Herald — From poverty to prosperity: Why people move toward billionaire-rich nations – Patrick Phelps. Off The Press — More than 440K people became millionaires in the US last year. DNyuz — Self-made multimillionaire says Canadians ‘give no money away’ compared with Americans—research shows U.S. giving is more than twice as high. RTL Today — UBS Global Wealth Report: Nearly one in six adults in Luxembourg is a millionaire. Daily Mail — CHRISTOPHER STEVENS review: Filthy rich? If this millionaire chancer gets his way, we'll all be dirt poor.... The West Australian — Kim Macdonald: Moves to boost housing density in Perth long overdue and coming to a suburb near you