The list, released today, shows the greatest drop in billionaires in the guide’s history, from 177 in 2022 to 165 this year.
While the aggregate wealth of the list’s 350 wealthiest individuals exceeds £795 billion, more than Poland’s GDP, the guide’s compiler says time will tell what effect a decline in billionaires would have.
Many of our homegrown businesses have seen their fortunes plummet, and some of the worldwide super-rich who came here are leaving.
statusThousands of British jobs are dependent on the supeinrich to some way. We’ll have to wait and see if we’ve hit peak bill statusonaire, and what that means for our economy.