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Nobody’s made quite as much as Donald Trump after serving as president—but all of them have found ways to cash in on the world’s most powerful office. Forbes money in politics reporter Kyle Khan-Mullins joins "Forbes Talks" to discuss.

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The billionaires club has never been bigger—or richer. Here’s who’s up, who’s down and who’s off the list and why it matters more than ever.

The world’s billionaires have always been rich and powerful—but never more than now. That’s particularly true in the United States, where Donald Trump was sworn in (again) as America’s billionaire-in-chief in January. This time around, he’s giving the billionaire class more control over the government than ever before.

The billionaire bonanza extends beyond the U.S., however. A record 3,028 people around the globe make Forbes’ annual World’s Billionaires list this year, 247 more than last year. It’s the first time the billionaire population has crossed the 3,000 mark. They’re worth a record $16.1 trillion in all, $2 trillion more than a year ago, more than the GDP of any country in the world other than the U.S. and China. The average fortune now stands at a record $5.3 billion, up $200 million from 2024.

Senior Editor Chase Peterson-Withorn, who has been editing the list for over three years, joins Breaking News Reporter Brittany Lewis to share an inside look into this year's 2025 World's Billionaires List.

Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2025/04/01/forbes-39th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-more-than-3000-worth-16-trillion/

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Samir Mane fled Albania’s communist regime in the early 1990s and resettled in Austria where he made his first fortune. Now back in Albania, he oversees a real estate and retail empire stretching across the western Balkans and beyond.

Mane, the 57-year-old tycoon, is Albania’s first—and only—billionaire, the richest person in this small Mediterranean country of just 2.8 million people. Thanks to his investments in retail, real estate and banking, he’s built a $1.4 billion fortune, per Forbes estimates, earning him a place on Forbes’ 2025 World’s Billionaires list.

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Donald Trump is known to surround himself with the rich and famous. As he prepares to reenter the white House, he'll bring with him a new group of billionaires, business leaders and entertainers. Forbes identified 13 of them who are poised to shape his second presidential administration.

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Ryan Serhant, real estate broker, founder and CEO of SERHANT and star of Netflix show "Owning Manhattan" joins Forbes Reporter Maria Gracia Santillana on 'Forbes Talks' to share how his "1,000 Minutes" rule, where he breaks down each day into 1,000 minutes, has helped him sell over $10 billion in real estate throughout his career.

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