The world's ultra-rich are not evenly distributed across the globe or across economic sectors, so their wealth tends to cluster in just a few fast-growing, high-profit industries, according to visualcapitalist.com. The cited source presents the main sources of wealth of the ultra-rich, by industry, based on figures from the World's Billionaires List, 2025 edition, compiled by Forbes. All figures presented are valid as of March 7, 2025. • 464 billionaires made their fortunes from finance and