This Is What It Takes to Be in the 1% Around the World
From Brazil to India, a breakdown of the richest of the rich.
An entrant drives a classic car at the 2019 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este show by Lake Como, Italy.
Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/BloombergThe “top 1%” is the symbol of wealth and power thanks to a protest movement. Since Occupy Wall Street popularized the term almost a decade ago, inequality has surged, and this exclusive group has only gotten richer and more influential.
Yet the top 1% covers a wide span, from prosperous professionals to billionaires with more wealth than many nations. And the difficulty of making the cut varies greatly depending on where you live.