(WJW) – Forbes has released its annual World’s Billionaires list, and this time it's longer than ever.

The 2025 list features a total of 3,028 billionaires, according to the outlet's current estimates. That's the most since the media outlet first created the list nearly 40 years ago in 1987.

"Wealth has surged this year in ways we’ve never seen," reads a

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