That jump was due to billionaire wealth growing three times faster in 2024 compared to 2023, at a rate of roughly $7.9 billion every day. The wealth of the 10 richest grew by about $140 million each ...

An analogy from a 1986 New York Times article helps put it into perspective: a million seconds is almost 12 days, a billion seconds is about 31.7 years, and a trillion seconds is about 31,709.8 years.