85 Richest People on Earth Have Same Amount of Wealth as Half the PopulationCassius Methyl The alleged 85 wealthiest individuals on Earth, a very small fraction of the 1% , own about 46% of all wealth on Earth, according to a report titled Working For the Few. These 85 people allegedly have about $110 trillion in wealth. How bad must the divide be, between the wealth of the citizens and the wealth of these barons, if these are the numbers openly declared? Wouldnt you think that the reality is actually worse than the statements of this report, and how much worse is the disparity in reality? It seems the best way to know what the numbers are is to objectively do research, to take matters into our own hands, rather than depending on a body of people to tell us what the statistics are. But the trend is clear: the Oxfam report cited rigged rules as a leading cause of the current disparity. In any case, the elite grow wealthier every day, while many people starve and die as austerity measures are impressed on the masses. 