The two richest people in Ireland have a combined wealth of €15 billion.
Source: Flickr.The gap between the world's wealthiest and the poorest has grown for the first time in 25 years.
The number of people with individual wealth of over 46.6 million euro has more than doubled from 655 to 1,435 in the past 10 years in Ireland.
Oxfam's annual wealth inequality report, shows the two wealthiest people in Ireland have a combined wealth of €15 billion.
The charity has released the figures as global business leaders and politicians meet in Switzerland this week for the World Economic Forum in Davos.
CEO of Oxfam Irelands Jim Clarken, says the rich are getting richer, while the poor are getting poorer:
"This is the largest increase in global inequality and poverty since World War 2.
"Hundreds of millions of people can't afford a living and millions are heading into extreme hunger and poverty while this elite group are capturing this extraordinary wealth.
"It's the first time in 25 years that we've seen this inequality growing and poverty growing at the same time."
Who owns that wealth? That is your real "threat" to the economy. Let's not pretend the benefactors of the rampant monopolies of necessity actually care. They are the Gates, the Bezos, and the Tim Cook incorporated in Ireland to avoid taxation. Let's not forget that.
— H. Smith (@HSmith24993512) January 15, 2023
