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5 Mar 2026

The world’s billionaire count smashes through the 4,000 mark for the first time. Two new billionaires were minted every day over the last year, setting a new world record. There are now 4,020 billionaires in the world, up by 578 - another new record. A total of 726 are new entrants, led by 318 from China.

5 Mar 2026

The world’s billionaire count smashes through the 4,000 mark for the first time. Two new billionaires were minted every day over the last year, setting a new world record. There are now 4,020 billionaires in the world, up by 578 - another new record. A total of 726 are new entrants, led by 318 from China.

28 Oct 2025

The Hurun Research Institute today released, in association with premium baijiu brand Hengchang Shaofang, the Hurun China Rich List 2025, a ranking of the richest individuals in China. The cut-off was CNY 5 billion (equivalent to US$700 million), and wealth calculations were from 1 September. This is the 27th year of the list.

28 Oct 2025

The Hurun Research Institute today released, in association with premium baijiu brand Hengchang Shaofang, the Hurun China Rich List 2025, a ranking of the richest individuals in China. The cut-off was CNY 5 billion (equivalent to US$700 million), and wealth calculations were from 1 September. This is the 27th year of the list.

27 Mar 2025

Hurun Research today released the Hurun Global Rich List 2025, a ranking of the US dollar billionaires in the world. Wealth calculations are a snapshot of 15 January 2025. This is the 14th year of the ranking.

27 Mar 2025

Hurun Research today released the Hurun Global Rich List 2025, a ranking of the US dollar billionaires in the world. Wealth calculations are a snapshot of 15 January 2025. This is the 14th year of the ranking.

29 Oct 2024

The Hurun Research Institute today released, in association with premium baijiu brand Hengchang Shaofang, the Hurun China Rich List 2024, a ranking of the richest individuals in China. The cut-off was CNY 5 billion (equivalent to US$700 million), and wealth calculations were from 30 August. This is the 26th year of the list.

29 Oct 2024

The Hurun Research Institute today released, in association with premium baijiu brand Hengchang Shaofang, the Hurun China Rich List 2024, a ranking of the richest individuals in China. The cut-off was CNY 5 billion (equivalent to US$700 million), and wealth calculations were from 30 August. This is the 26th year of the list.

26 Mar 2024

Hurun Global Rich List 2024, a ranking of the US dollar billionaires in the world. This is the 13th year of the ranking.

26 Mar 2024

Hurun Global Rich List 2024, a ranking of the US dollar billionaires in the world. This is the 13th year of the ranking.

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25 June 2026

The Hurun Research Institute identified a record 1,603 unicorns globally — private companies founded after 2000 valued at US$1bn or more — up 5.3% on the prior year. Their combined value reached US$8 trillion, a remarkable 43% jump driven largely by AI. Anthropic (owner of Claude) claimed the top spot as the world's most valuable unicorn at US$965bn, posting the single largest one-year valuation gain ever recorded. OpenAI ranked second at US$852bn, with ByteDance third at US$480bn. The US led with 806 unicorns, followed by China with 381. Together they account for 74% of the global total. The UK overtook India for third place with 70 unicorns. AI dominated by value with 36% of total unicorn value, while FinTech led by number with 216 unicorns. San Francisco remained the world's unicorn capital with 222, ahead of New York (141) and Beijing (86). 308 new unicorns were minted in the year — nearly one per day. The average unicorn is 10.3 years old, founded by entrepreneurs aged 35 on average.

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