The economist Gabriel Zucman, one of the world’s leading experts on taxation, presented this Tuesday a report commissioned by the Brazilian Presidency of the G20 in which a proposal for a minimum global tax on the income of citizens is detailed. ultra rich. The proposal is that around 3,000 billionaires pay at least 2% of […]
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The fourth richest person in Argentina dies at the age of 89
The Argentine businessman Gregorio Pérez Companc, owner of the food products companies Molinos Río de la Plata and Molinos Agro, and the oil company Pecom, died this Friday at the age of 89, as confirmed by political figures and media in the South American country. “I say goodbye to one of the great entrepreneurs, organizers […]
Dubai is home to the 120 richest families in the world
Dubai has become the main center of high net worth and is already home to more than 120 of the families and the richest people in the world, with a total net worth of more than $1 trillion, the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) reported this Monday. The center said in a statement that it […]
UNDP chief advocates closing tax loopholes that benefit the ultra-rich
The head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Achim Steiner, advocated this Wednesday to close tax loopholes and discuss a minimum universal tax for the super-rich in the face of concentration “extraordinary” of wealth. “The richest are capable of not paying their fair share of taxes because they operate globally“said the economist at the […]
EU Tax Observatory proposes a 2% global tax on the world’s billionaires
A new report on tax evasion Fiscal Observatory of the European Union (EU) has proposed to the nations of the world the application of a minimum global tax of 2% annually to large fortunes, which could raise up to US$250,000 million from a stratum that, to date, has managed to perpetuate mechanisms to avoid taxes […]
Find out which cities are home to the most millionaires in the world
When it comes to the number of millionaire residents, cities in the United States and China dominate the ranking of the 10 richest cities in the world, while only one European city, London, makes the 2023 list published Tuesday by the international investment migration firm, Henley & Partners, in association with New World Wealth, the […]
What activities are carried out by Peruvian companies that are on the list of world billionaires 2023?
As every year, the international magazine Forbes publishes its edition of the world’s billionaires list, and this 2023 was no exception. Income, Profitsactions, assets are some of the elements that are evaluated to consider a person in this range of wealthy. In the classified list, which includes names such as Bernard Arnault, Elon Musk, Bill […]
The meteoric fall of India’s Rockefeller
The spectacular fall this week of the fortune of the Indian billionaire Gautam Adanipresident of the conglomerate Adani Groupafter serious accusations of fraud on the eve of a massive stock market operation led to what until eight days ago was the richest man in Asia to a slope that sinks its riches. In a matter […]
Chinese tech moguls lose $ 80 billion in 2021
It has been a record year for China’s internet moguls, but not in the way that most would have expected. The 10 richest tech moguls in the country lost $ 80 billion in combined net worth in 2021, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, amid crackdown by Chinese regulators. The drop represents nearly a quarter […]
Wealth of billionaires soars in 2021, with more inequalities
The wealth accumulated by the world’s billionaires has exploded this year due to the financial effects of the COVID-19 crisis, which has caused an increase in inequalities, particularly with the poorest half of the population, who only owns 2% of the assets. The wealth of the 520,000 people that make up the select group of […]