Wealth check! 26 richest people own as many assets as 3.8 bn people; 1% of Amazon boss' fortune equivalent to health budget of this country
In an annual wealth check released to mark the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the development charity said, 2018 had been a year in which the rich had grown richer and the poor poorer, reports the Guardian.
Oxfam said the wealth of more than 2,200 billionaires across the globe had increased by $900 billion in 2018 - or $2.5 billion a day. Reuters