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  "name": "We > Ultrarich Maintained Wealth Figures",
  "identifier": "wegtultrarich-wealth-figures",
  "version": "2026.07",
  "url": "https://wegtultrarich.org/data/",
  "doi": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21444830",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Source: We > Ultrarich (wegtultrarich.org).",
  "citation": "Blonde Rocket Scientist LLC (2026). We > Ultrarich Maintained Wealth Figures (2026.07) [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21444831",
  "creator": "Blonde Rocket Scientist LLC",
  "datePublished": "2026-07-18",
  "dateModified": "2026-07-19",
  "temporalCoverage": "2019/2026",
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    "value": "The figure. Integer for currency and counts; ISO date string for events.",
    "unit": "USD, persons, persons_or_families, date, etc.",
    "qualifier": "How to read value: exact, at_least, more_than, up_to, estimate, event. Mirrors the hedging in the source so reusers cannot over-claim precision.",
    "as_of": "The period the figure describes (source's reference date), YYYY or YYYY-MM.",
    "source_name": "Provenance. Always the original or most authoritative public source, not We > Ultrarich.",
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    "retrieved": "Date the figure was last pulled or verified, YYYY-MM-DD.",
    "next_expected_refresh": "When the source updates: a date, annual, legislative, market-dependent, or none.",
    "notes": "Caveats a reuser needs (thresholds, competing estimates, event reversals). Null when there are none."
  },
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      "source_name": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/2026-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-19",
      "next_expected_refresh": "2027-03",
      "notes": "Annual list"
    },
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      "value": 3028,
      "unit": "persons",
      "qualifier": "at_least",
      "as_of": "2025-03",
      "source_name": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2025",
      "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2025/04/01/forbes-39th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-more-than-3000-worth-16-trillion/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-17",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Annual list"
    },
    {
      "metric_id": "billionaire_count_world_2024",
      "value": 2781,
      "unit": "persons",
      "qualifier": "at_least",
      "as_of": "2024-03",
      "source_name": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2024",
      "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2024/04/02/forbes-38th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures-2024/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-17",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Annual list"
    },
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      "source_name": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2023",
      "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2023/04/04/forbes-37th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures-2023/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-17",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Annual list"
    },
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      "metric_id": "billionaire_count_world_2022",
      "value": 2668,
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      "source_name": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2022",
      "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2022/04/05/forbes-36th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures-2022/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-17",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Annual list"
    },
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      "as_of": "2026-03",
      "source_name": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/2026-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-19",
      "next_expected_refresh": "2027-03",
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      "unit": "USD",
      "qualifier": "estimate",
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      "source_name": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2025",
      "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2025/04/01/forbes-39th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-more-than-3000-worth-16-trillion/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-17",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Combined net worth of all listed billionaires"
    },
    {
      "metric_id": "billionaire_total_wealth_world_2024",
      "value": 14200000000000,
      "unit": "USD",
      "qualifier": "estimate",
      "as_of": "2024-03",
      "source_name": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2024",
      "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2024/04/02/forbes-38th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures-2024/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-17",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Combined net worth of all listed billionaires"
    },
    {
      "metric_id": "billionaire_total_wealth_world_2023",
      "value": 12200000000000,
      "unit": "USD",
      "qualifier": "estimate",
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      "source_name": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2023",
      "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2023/04/04/forbes-37th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures-2023/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-17",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Combined net worth of all listed billionaires"
    },
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      "unit": "USD",
      "qualifier": "estimate",
      "as_of": "2022-03",
      "source_name": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2022",
      "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2022/04/05/forbes-36th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures-2022/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-17",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Combined net worth of all listed billionaires"
    },
    {
      "metric_id": "billionaire_top20_min_wealth",
      "value": 100000000000,
      "unit": "USD",
      "qualifier": "at_least",
      "as_of": "2026-03",
      "source_name": "Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2026/03/10/2026-worlds-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-19",
      "next_expected_refresh": "2027-03",
      "notes": "Cohort size (20) chosen by We > Ultrarich; value = minimum net worth among the 20 highest-ranked billionaires"
    },
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      "as_of": "2025",
      "source_name": "Altrata World Ultra Wealth Report 2026",
      "source_url": "https://altrata.com/articles/key-findings-world-ultra-wealth-report-2026",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-18",
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      "notes": "Ultra-high-net-worth threshold: USD 30M+ net worth; no calendar-2024 figure published (the 2025 and 2022 editions used a mid-year convention, since superseded)"
    },
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      "retrieved": "2026-07-18",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Ultra-high-net-worth threshold: USD 30M+ net worth"
    },
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      "qualifier": "at_least",
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      "source_name": "Altrata World Ultra Wealth Report 2023",
      "source_url": "https://altrata.com/reports/world-ultra-wealth-report-2023",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-18",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Ultra-high-net-worth threshold: USD 30M+ net worth"
    },
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      "source_name": "Altrata World Ultra Wealth Report 2026",
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      "retrieved": "2026-07-18",
      "next_expected_refresh": "annual",
      "notes": "Ultra-high-net-worth threshold: USD 30M+ net worth; no calendar-2024 figure published (the 2025 and 2022 editions used a mid-year convention, since superseded)"
    },
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      "metric_id": "uhnw_total_wealth_world_2023",
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      "as_of": "2023",
      "source_name": "Altrata World Ultra Wealth Report 2024",
      "source_url": "https://altrata.com/reports/world-ultra-wealth-report-2024",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-18",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Ultra-high-net-worth threshold: USD 30M+ net worth"
    },
    {
      "metric_id": "uhnw_total_wealth_world_2022",
      "value": 45400000000000,
      "unit": "USD",
      "qualifier": "estimate",
      "as_of": "2022",
      "source_name": "Altrata World Ultra Wealth Report 2023",
      "source_url": "https://altrata.com/reports/world-ultra-wealth-report-2023",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-18",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Ultra-high-net-worth threshold: USD 30M+ net worth"
    },
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      "metric_id": "us_median_family_net_worth",
      "value": 192900,
      "unit": "USD",
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      "source_name": "Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances",
      "source_url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/scfindex.htm",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-19",
      "next_expected_refresh": "2026-12",
      "notes": "SCF is triennial; 2025-survey data expected ~fall 2026"
    },
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      "source_url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/scfindex.htm",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-18",
      "next_expected_refresh": "none",
      "notes": "Expressed in 2022 dollars (inflation-adjusted per the 2022 SCF report); nominal 2019 figure was USD 121,700"
    },
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      "metric_id": "first_trillionaire_date",
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      "source_name": "The Associated Press",
      "source_url": "https://apnews.com/article/spacex-trillionaire-musk-ipo-52a7b96a31287a7de11615d6bdeba4ae",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-19",
      "next_expected_refresh": "market-dependent",
      "notes": "Status lost again 2026-06-24; swings with the stock market"
    },
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      "source_name": "Boll-Saez-Zucman NBER Working Paper 35218, 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.nber.org/papers/w35218",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-19",
      "next_expected_refresh": "2026-11",
      "notes": "One-time 5% tax on CA billionaire wealth over five years; CA LAO projects far less; on the Nov 2026 ballot"
    },
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      "source_name": "Saez-Zucman Scoring Letter, 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.warren.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/media/doc/ultra-millionaire_tax_act_score.pdf",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-19",
      "next_expected_refresh": "legislative",
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}