Forbes 400: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2018/10/03/forbes-releases-37th-annual-forbes-400-ranking-of-the-richest-americans/#6c9a1f4d5cb1 Richest 400 Americans own $2,900 billion (minimum for entry to club is $2.1 billion) Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-many-billionaires-world-billionaires-2017-10 560 billionaires in U.S. GWD: http://publications.credit-suisse.com/index.cfm/publikationen-shop/research-institute/global-wealth-databook-2018-en/ Table 3-6: 1,144 Americans with $500 million or more. In addition to Forbes 400, 744 have between $500 million and $2.1 billion: 160 (560-400) between $1b and $2.1b, average $1.55b => $248 billion 584 between $500m and $1b, avg $750 million => $438 billion 19,253 Americans between $100 million and $500 million, average $300 million => $5,775 billion 4,603 Americans close to $100 million => $450 billion TOTAL: $2,900 + $248 + $438 + $5,775 + $440 => $9,801 billion WORLD: GWD, Table 2-4 $317 trillion total global wealth GWD, Tables 3-4 and 6-5 Bottom 7 deciles own 3.1% of global wealth => $9,830 billion