World’s 25 richest families collectively worth $1.7 trillion now: Bloomberg

Digital Desk: The world’s 25 richest families added $312 billion to their collective wealth and are now worth $1.7 trillion, Bloomberg reported. It’s a 22% gain since last August, Bloomberg added.

The Waltons of Walmart emerged as the world’s richest family collectively worth $238.2 billion, richer than the individual wealths of Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the world’s two richest people.