The world’s wealthiest families control $1.4 trillion
Bloomberg’sannual ranking of the world’s richest families has revealed the fortunes of those at the top are growing by millions of dollars every hour.
Ranked the world’s richest family, the third-generation Walton family, behind US supermarket giant Walmart, is accumulating $4 million every hour. Since June, the family’s fortune has grown from $39 billion to nearly $191 billion—a nearly 400% increase.