Average Net Worth by Age — and Where Millionaires Sit on the Curve
The Fed says the 75-and-older group just became America’s wealthiest age bracket. Here’s where millionaires actually sit on the net-worth curve, by age.
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How Many Billionaires Are in the US? (2026 Count)
The US has 989 billionaires on the Forbes 2026 list, up from 902 in 2025. Altrata counts 1,265. Here’s the 2026 number, the by-state breakdown, and why the counts differ.
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How Many Millionaires Are in America? The Count, the Share, and Where the Line Actually Sits
UBS counts 23.6 million American millionaires. Henley & Partners counts 6 million. Capgemini counts 8.7 million. Same country, same year — here’s why they disagree.
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The Forbes 400: The Price of Admission
In 1982 it took $75 million to make the Forbes 400 — about $250 million today. In 2025 it took $3.8 billion. How fast the cutoff rose, and against what.
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Net Worth Is Not Net Worth: How Billionaire Fortunes Evaporate on Paper
A billionaire “losing $18 billion in a day” didn’t lose money. Here’s what the headline net-worth number actually measures, how Forbes and Bloomberg build it, and what it would really be worth if anyone tried to spend it.
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The Moving Target: Why $1 Million Doesn’t Mean What It Used To
To buy what $1 million bought in 1960, you’d need about $11.3 million today. The word millionaire was never a fixed amount — here’s how far the ruler has moved, and how to read it.
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Life at $1 Trillion: The Wealth Tier the Canon’s Ladder Doesn’t Reach
The world’s first trillionaire held the title for about twelve days. What actually changes one order of magnitude above $1 billion — and what turns out not to change at all.
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What the Very Rich Stop Buying
The luxury goods market lost about 20 million customers in 2025 while private-jet flying hit a record. Wealth didn’t shrink. Spending moved.
