According to a research report released by Swiss banking giant UBS Group on Thursday, the number of global billionaires reached a new high in 2025, driven by soaring valuations of technology companies and rising global stock markets. The report is based on a survey of some UBS ultra-high net worth customers and a billionaire wealth database covering all regions and 47 markets around the world. Currently, there are about 2,900 billionaires in the world, controlling a total wealth of 15.8 trillion US dollars. A year ago, this figure was about 2,700 people, nearly 14 trillion US dollars. In 2025, 287 new billionaires were added, the second-highest since UBS statistics were available in 2015, and only lower than in 2021, when large-scale stimulus and low interest rate policies of many governments drove asset prices to soar.

According to a research report released by Swiss banking giant UBS Group on Thursday, the number of global billionaires reached a new high in 2025, driven by soaring valuations of technology companies and rising global stock markets. The report is based on a survey of some UBS ultra-high net worth customers and a billionaire wealth database covering all regions and 47 markets around the world. Currently, there are about 2,900 billionaires in the world, controlling a total wealth of 15.8 trillion US dollars. A year ago, this figure was about 2,700 people, nearly 14 trillion US dollars. In 2025, 287 new billionaires were added, the second-highest since UBS statistics were available in 2015, and only lower than in 2021, when large-scale stimulus and low interest rate policies of many governments drove asset prices to soar.