As of 2023, most of the world's billionaires had earned their wealth themselves. Nearly 2,000 of the total 3,323 billionaires worldwide that year had earned their fortune this way. Meanwhile, 314 billionaires had inherited their wealth. Additionally, about 87 percent of the world's billionaires were men.
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