Made of money! Billionaire club hits record high — Here's how much their children will inherit over next 15 years

The world now has more billionaires than ever before, with their combined wealth hitting record high this year! In 2025, the global billionaire club hit an all-time high. UBS counted 2,919 billionaires on April 4– the largest number since the bank began tracking the data in 1995. Their combined wealth reached $15.8 trillion, a 13% jump over 12 months, buoyed by gains in technology stocks. Tech moguls stole the spotlight. Assets held by tech billionaires grew almost a quarter to $3 trillion, thanks to stakes in AI-focused companies like Meta, Oracle, and Nvidia. UBS highlighted six US tech billionaires whose fortunes collectively rose by $171 billion, that’s an average increase of $28.5 billion per person. “This surge is closely tied to their companies’ AI capabilities, from foundatio