· according to oxfam, this undated graph shows the wealth of the richest 62 individuals continues to grow, while that of the poorest half of the world stagnates. · by alex whiting london (thomson reuters foundation) - the wealthiest 62 people now own as much as half the world s population, some 3. 5 billion people, as the super-rich have grown. · wealth inequality has grown to the stage where 62 of the world ’ s richest people own as much as the poorest half of humanity combined, according to a new report. Although world leaders have increasingly talked about the need to tackle inequality, and in september agreed a global goal to reduce it, the gap between the richest and the rest has widened dramatically in the past 12 months. · global inequality is reaching new extremes with the world ’ s richest 62 people owning as much as the planet’s poorest half put together, new research shows. · the richest 10% of the global population, according to the latest data, own three-quarters of the world ’s wealth and capture more income than the rest of humanity.
