As the poor get poorer and the rich get richer, the middle class shrinks.

Forbes The latest list of the world’s billionaires was recently released, noting that “wealths hit a record high of ten digits this year.”

The report shows that the total number of billionaires in the world is 2,781, an increase of 141 from last year and an increase of 26 from the overall record set in 2021.

The combined wealth of the world’s billionaires amounts to $14.2 trillion.

The United States has the most billionaires with a record 813, followed by China with 473 billionaires. India ranks third with a total of 200 billionaires.

According to statistics in March 2022, California, known as the “home of the rich,” has 186 billionaires, followed by New York and Florida.

Here are California’s 10 richest billionaires on Forbes’ 2024 list

• Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a net worth of $182.2 billion.
• Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has a net worth of $150.9 billion
• Google co-founder Larry Page’s net worth is $130.1 billion
• Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s net worth is $125 billion
• NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang is worth $76.5 billion
• Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has a net worth of $22.9 billion
• Asana co-founder Dustin Moskovitz has a net worth of $18.2 billion
• Real estate mogul Donald Bren has a net worth of $18 billion
• Jan Koum is the CEO and co-founder of WhatsApp, with a net worth of $16.2 billion
• Arista Networks co-founder Andreas von Bechtolsheim and his family have a net worth of $15.7 billion