The Millionaires Controlling 39% of the world's wealth

2010 was another good year for millionaires, although the rate of growth of their fortunes desaceleró.Según a new report by Boston Consulting Group released Tuesday, the number of millionaire households worldwide grew 12.2% in 2010, 12 , 5 million. (BCG defines millionaires as those with $ 1 million or more in investable assets, excluding housing, luxury goods and participation in their own company).

United States continues to lead the world in terms of number of millionaires, with 5.2 million households, followed by Japan with 1.5 million, China with 1.1 million and the UK with 570,000. Singapore leads the world in "density of millionaires," or the percentage they represent of the total population, which is 15.5%. The most important trend, however, is one that has to do with the global distribution of wealth. According to the report, the world's millionaires represent 0.9% of the world's population but control 39% of their wealth, up from 37% in 2009. His wealth now amounts to U.S. $ 47,400 trillion (million million) in investable wealth above U.S. $ 41,800 trillion (million million) in 2009.

Those also moved up one seat. Those with $ 5 million or more, representing 0.1% of the population controlled 22% of global wealth, compared with 20% in 2009. The wealthy control 20% of wealth in North America and 38% in the Middle East and Africa. Although it seems that the wealth of the millionaires in America is more concentrated in that country are more, so that their wealth is more distributed among the population of the rich more ricos.Aún, the data show a trend that has been watching for years, building an economy in which the winner takes all or most