The world could soon see its first trillionaires, with five individuals projected to reach the milestone within the next decade if current trends persist, according to Oxfam's annual inequality report released Sunday reported CNN Business.

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 20: Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images.

A who's who of tech titans, business magnates, and global elites attended President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, including Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg.

The CEO of Tesla & SpaceX, he holds degrees in physics and economics. He briefly attended the University of Pretoria, before transferring to Queen’s University (Canada), and later to the University of Pennsylvania.

There is room for about only 800 seats inside the Capitol Rotunda, so when Donald J. Trump’s inauguration was hastily moved indoors, that meant whoever made it inside was going to have to sit cheek-to-jowl.

Mr Trump is more transactional than presidents before him, which increases the risk of cronyism and self-dealing. But America’s economy, including its technology industry, is too unwieldy and dynamic to petrify into an actual oligarchy, whatever diplomats and departing presidents say. ■

Tech billionaires, foreign diplomats and CEOs shadowed U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, with several attending St. John's Church in Washington and seated prominently on the dais in the U.S. Capitol ahead of his speech.

Trump's inauguration drew a number of business and tech CEOs, including Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and TikTok's Shou Zi Chew.

Behar said the planet's five richest people — Tesla CEO Elon Musk, LVMH owner Bernard Arnault, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, and investor Warren Buffett — have seen their fortunes increase by 114 percent since 2020, and the prospect of someone amassing $1,000 billion — a trillion — is now very real.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — got prized positions alongside Trump on stage.

Billionaire Elon Musk of SpaceX threw his hands up in the air as Trump announced ... French billionaire Bernard Arnault joined others at the church service Arnault, who heads the LVMH fashion empire and is France's richest man, was sitting a few rows ...

The world is set to witness the emergence of five trillionaires within the next decade, according to Oxfam's latest inequality