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Soaring stocks created 2 million new millionaires around the world last year

Cnbc · · 870 words · By Robert Frank
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A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer.

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A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer.

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Soaring stock markets created nearly 2 million new millionaires around the world last year, with the ultra rich seeing the strongest growth, according to a new study.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The U.S. added 730,000 new millionaires in 2025, bringing the total U.S. millionaire population to 8.73 million”
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There is a direct contradiction. One source (A Wealth of Common Sense/CNBC) claims the U.S. added 730,000 new millionaires to reach 8.73 million, while another source (24/7 Wall St.) claims the U.S. added 400,000 new millionaires to reach a total of 23 million.
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. added 730,000 new millionaires in 2025, bringing the total U.S. millionaire population to 8.73 million, according to the report.Housing wealth makes the number of millionaires in the United S…
https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2026/07/how-much-is-one-mil…
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. added 730,000 new millionaires in 2025, bringing the total U.S. millionaire population to 8.73 million, according to the report.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/soaring-stocks-created-2-mill…
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. reached 23 million millionaires in 2025, adding 400,000 new ones as the S&P 500 surged 20% and home prices set records.The report also showed that the U.S. added 400,000 millionaires last yea…
https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/07/01/u-s-creates-1200-…
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Claim 2: “Asia also posted strong growth, with its millionaire wealth up 10.5% and millionaire population up 9.4%”
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No evidence was found after searching for Asia's millionaire wealth and population growth in 2025.
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Claim 3: “the Korean stock market surged 76% last year”
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No evidence was found after searching for the South Korean stock market performance in 2024.
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Claim 4: “The population of UHNWIs grew 9.4% in 2025, to 250,000, and their fortunes rose 9.7%, according to the report”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'according' and general Wikipedia entries for Capgemini and HNWIs. No specific data regarding UHNWI growth percentages or population numbers for 2025 was found in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Capgemini SE is a French multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company. It is headquartered in Paris, France. The business was established as the Société pour la Gestion de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgemini
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Château des Fontaines is a historic building and estate located in Gouvieux near Chantilly, France. Owned by Capgemini, it hosts a conference facility branded Les Fontaines - Serge Kampf Capgemin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_des_Fontaines
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the financial services industry, a high-net-worth individual (HNWI) is a person who maintains liquid assets at or above a certain threshold. Typically the criterion is that the person's financial a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-net-worth_individual
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Claim 5: “The population of global millionaires surged 7.9% to 25.3 million in 2025, according to the Capgemini World Wealth Report”
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Multiple independent web sources (CNBC and others) explicitly state that the population of global millionaires surged 7.9% to 25.3 million in 2025 according to the Capgemini World Wealth Report.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the financial services industry, a high-net-worth individual (HNWI) is a person who maintains liquid assets at or above a certain threshold. Typically the criterion is that the person's financial a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-net-worth_individual
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A millionaire is an individual whose net worth or wealth is equal to or exceeds one million units of currency. Depending on the currency, a certain level of prestige is associated with being a million…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millionaire
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World's Billionaires is an annual ranking by the American business magazine Forbes of people who are billionaires, i.e., they are estimated to have a net worth of US$1 billion or more. The list wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World's_Billionaires
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Claim 6: “Europe's millionaire population grew 6.5%, while Latin America's rose 0.3% and the Middle East saw a decline of 1.4%”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 7: “Soaring stock markets created nearly 2 million new millionaires around the world last year”
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There is a direct conflict between sources. One source (CNBC/web search) claims nearly 2 million new millionaires were created, while other sources (UBS Global Wealth Report 2026 via globenewswire and other web results) state nearly 1 million new millionaires were created globally in 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jerome Dillon (born July 16, 1969) is an American musician, best known for his tenure as the drummer and occasional guitarist of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from 1999 to 2005.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nearly Human is the twelfth studio album by American musician Todd Rundgren, released on May 18, 1989, by Warner Bros. Records. It was his first release in four years, although he had been active as a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Proximity may refer to: Distance, a numerical description of how far apart objects are Proxemics, the study of human spatial requirements and the effects of population density Proximity (2000 film), …
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Claim 8: “They held an average of 25% of their portfolios in stocks in 2025, up from 22% in 2024”
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Claim 9: “millionaires — defined by Capgemini as those with $1 million or more in investible assets, excluding primary home, collectibles and consumer goods”
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Both the Capgemini Press Release and CNBC report the same specific definition of millionaires as those with $1 million or more in investible assets, excluding primary residence, collectibles, and consumer goods.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... ... million or more, excluding their primary residence, collectibles, consumables, and consumer durables. HNWIs are segmented into three ...
https://www.capgemini.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/06_04_C…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... The increasing wealth of millionaires — defined by Capgemini as those with $1 million or more in investible assets, excluding primary home, ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/stocks-new-millionaires.html
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 hours ago ... Spectrem defines millionaire households as those with at least $1 million in investible assets, not including primary residence. "It was the ...
https://www.facebook.com/ktla5/posts/more-than-440000-people…
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Claim 10: “Asia's total millionaire population reached 8.3 million in 2025, according to the report”
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Claim 11: “Their share of alternatives declined to 12% from 15% and their cash holdings also fell to 24% from 26%”
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Claim 12: “Their holdings of fixed income increased from 18% to 20% and their real estate investments remained flat at 19%”
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Claim 13: “A quarter of all millionaires now use between four and six advisors — double the number from 2019, according to Capgemini”
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Claim 14: “Their fortunes surged by nearly $3 trillion to $31.3 trillion”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for the letter 'U' and YouTube, which are completely irrelevant to U.S. millionaire wealth statistics.
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web search NEUTRAL — U (minuscule: u) is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others world…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
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web search NEUTRAL — Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome to the official YouTube channel – a home for the biggest moments, the smallest obsessions, and everything in between. Whatever you're into, it's on @YouTube. Every week. Every day. Every...
https://www.youtube.com/youtube/u/0
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Claim 15: “Their total wealth increased by 8.7% to $98.3 trillion, marking the fastest growth in five years”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC and other web results) confirm that global millionaire wealth increased by 8.7% to $98.3 trillion, marking the fastest growth in five years.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Global may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A global city (also known as a power city, world city, alpha city, or world center) is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. The concept originates from geography and ur…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Globalization is the process of increasing interdependence and integration among the economies, markets, societies, and cultures of different countries worldwide. It can be attributed to a series of f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization
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Claim 16: “UHNWIs now represent 1% of the overall millionaire population, but they hold 35% of all millionaire wealth”
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Two independent web sources confirm that UHNWIs represent 1% of the millionaire population but hold 35% of the total millionaire wealth.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In finance, global assets under management consists of assets held by institutional investors and individual investors around the world. For example, these institutional investors include asset manage…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_assets_under_management
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the financial services industry, a high-net-worth individual (HNWI) is a person who maintains liquid assets at or above a certain threshold. Typically the criterion is that the person's financial a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-net-worth_individual
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The MeTL Group (Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited) is a Tanzanian family-owned conglomerate and one of the country's largest companies. Headquartered in Dar es Salaam, it operates in at least 11 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeTL_Group
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Claim 17: “The number of millionaires using only one advisor has fallen by more than half, to 19%”
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