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美国亿万富豪的年龄结构日趋高龄化
尽管95岁高龄的沃伦·巴菲特宣布将卸任伯克希尔-哈撒韦掌门人一职,但这位亿万富豪坚称,他不会闲坐下来“看肥皂剧”。图片来源:Jamie McCarthy-Getty Images

• 世界上许多亿万富豪的年龄远超科技创始人的传统印象。103岁的乔治·约瑟夫依然积极参与其公司水星通用(Mercury General)的公司事务中。事实上,50岁以下的年轻亿万富豪仅占全球亿万富豪总数的10%。随着这些年迈富豪准备转移财富,到2048年,预计将有约124万亿美元的资产完成传承,其中大部分将流向千禧一代。

当人们想到亿万富豪时,可能会联想到创立多家独角兽企业的年轻科技创始人的形象。埃隆·马斯克、萨姆·阿尔特曼和马克·扎克伯格如今都在四五十岁的年龄段,但在这个全球顶级富豪的精英圈子里,他们依然算得上“年轻一代”。

事实上,《福布斯》的分析显示,如今每五位亿万富豪中,就有一位已年逾八旬甚至九旬。仅在美国,就有创纪录的36位亿万富豪年龄超过90岁。

现年98岁的威尔玛·蒂施身家达20亿美元。她的财富来自丈夫和兄弟的遗产。1946年,劳伦斯·蒂施说服父母出资12.5万美元,在新泽西州莱克伍德购置一家度假酒店,由此创立了劳氏公司(Lowes Corporation)。99岁的爱丽丝·施瓦茨同样拥有20亿美元身家。她是Bio-Rad实验室的创始人之一,这家从事科学与诊断业务的公司由她和丈夫于1952年共同创立。

尽管许多超级富豪完全有条件把大把时间花在打高尔夫或打理玫瑰园上,但一些年迈的亿万富豪依然会按时到办公室上班。

以乔治·约瑟夫为例,他是保险公司水星通用的创始人,身家达23亿美元,现年103岁仍然坚持上班。这位二战老兵依然积极参与公司事务中,并持有约35%的股份。他将在本周迎来104岁生日,是美国最年长的亿万富豪。

尽管95岁高龄的沃伦·巴菲特已宣布卸任伯克希尔-哈撒韦(Berkshire Hathaway)掌门人,但这位亿万富豪坚称,他不会闲坐下来“看肥皂剧”。相反,他希望继续投身于自己热爱的商业事业。

在全球亿万富豪群体中,50岁以下的“年轻”富豪仅占10%,而八旬富豪的数量约有150人,其中包括维多利亚的秘密(Victoria’s Secret)前CEO莱斯·韦克斯纳,以及纽约市前市长、彭博(Bloomberg)联合创始人迈克尔·布隆伯格。

年迈富豪或将推动“大规模财富转移”

对部分即将受益的千禧一代和X世代来说,这或许是个好消息,他们即将迎来历史上最大规模的财富转移。随着最年长一代的劳动者继续延迟退休,这笔财富只会进一步增加。

根据研究机构Cerulli的报告,“大规模财富转移”预计将把124万亿美元的资产和财富从婴儿潮一代转移到年轻一代手中。

这一最年长的工作群体在巅峰时期是全球历史上人口规模最大的一代人,他们通过购置房产和投资蓬勃发展的股市积累了庞大财富。预计他们的家族将继承其中大部分财富,约105万亿美元,而预计只有18万亿美元会用于慈善事业。

在整体财富转移总额中,预计将有超过一半(62万亿美元)来自社会最顶层的群体,其中许多人是亿万富豪和超级富豪。

报告指出,在所有家庭中,仅有2%属于幸运群体。在未来的25年里,千禧一代将继承最多财富,约达46万亿美元。(*)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

• 世界上许多亿万富豪的年龄远超科技创始人的传统印象。103岁的乔治·约瑟夫依然积极参与其公司水星通用(Mercury General)的公司事务中。事实上,50岁以下的年轻亿万富豪仅占全球亿万富豪总数的10%。随着这些年迈富豪准备转移财富,到2048年,预计将有约124万亿美元的资产完成传承,其中大部分将流向千禧一代。

当人们想到亿万富豪时,可能会联想到创立多家独角兽企业的年轻科技创始人的形象。埃隆·马斯克、萨姆·阿尔特曼和马克·扎克伯格如今都在四五十岁的年龄段,但在这个全球顶级富豪的精英圈子里,他们依然算得上“年轻一代”。

事实上,《福布斯》的分析显示,如今每五位亿万富豪中,就有一位已年逾八旬甚至九旬。仅在美国,就有创纪录的36位亿万富豪年龄超过90岁。

现年98岁的威尔玛·蒂施身家达20亿美元。她的财富来自丈夫和兄弟的遗产。1946年,劳伦斯·蒂施说服父母出资12.5万美元,在新泽西州莱克伍德购置一家度假酒店,由此创立了劳氏公司(Lowes Corporation)。99岁的爱丽丝·施瓦茨同样拥有20亿美元身家。她是Bio-Rad实验室的创始人之一,这家从事科学与诊断业务的公司由她和丈夫于1952年共同创立。

尽管许多超级富豪完全有条件把大把时间花在打高尔夫或打理玫瑰园上,但一些年迈的亿万富豪依然会按时到办公室上班。

以乔治·约瑟夫为例,他是保险公司水星通用的创始人,身家达23亿美元,现年103岁仍然坚持上班。这位二战老兵依然积极参与公司事务中,并持有约35%的股份。他将在本周迎来104岁生日,是美国最年长的亿万富豪。

尽管95岁高龄的沃伦·巴菲特已宣布卸任伯克希尔-哈撒韦(Berkshire Hathaway)掌门人,但这位亿万富豪坚称,他不会闲坐下来“看肥皂剧”。相反,他希望继续投身于自己热爱的商业事业。

在全球亿万富豪群体中,50岁以下的“年轻”富豪仅占10%,而八旬富豪的数量约有150人,其中包括维多利亚的秘密(Victoria’s Secret)前CEO莱斯·韦克斯纳,以及纽约市前市长、彭博(Bloomberg)联合创始人迈克尔·布隆伯格。

年迈富豪或将推动“大规模财富转移”

对部分即将受益的千禧一代和X世代来说,这或许是个好消息,他们即将迎来历史上最大规模的财富转移。随着最年长一代的劳动者继续延迟退休,这笔财富只会进一步增加。

根据研究机构Cerulli的报告,“大规模财富转移”预计将把124万亿美元的资产和财富从婴儿潮一代转移到年轻一代手中。

这一最年长的工作群体在巅峰时期是全球历史上人口规模最大的一代人,他们通过购置房产和投资蓬勃发展的股市积累了庞大财富。预计他们的家族将继承其中大部分财富,约105万亿美元,而预计只有18万亿美元会用于慈善事业。

在整体财富转移总额中,预计将有超过一半(62万亿美元)来自社会最顶层的群体,其中许多人是亿万富豪和超级富豪。

报告指出,在所有家庭中,仅有2%属于幸运群体。在未来的25年里,千禧一代将继承最多财富,约达46万亿美元。(*)

译者:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

• Many of the world’s billionaires are far older than the tech-founder stereotype. At 103 years old, George Joseph is still actively involved in his company, Mercury General. In fact, young billionaires (under age 50) make up just 10% of the global billionaire population. And as these aging billionaires prepare to pass on their fortunes, an estimated $124 trillion will be transferred by 2048—mostly to millennials.

When people envision billionaires, they may think of the young tech founder stereotype launching unicorn companies left and right. Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg are all within their forties and fifties, but they’re considered youthful when it comes to the exclusive club of the world’s upper-class.

In fact, one in five billionaires is already in their eighties and nineties, according to an analysis by Forbes. In America alone, a record 36 billionaires are over 90.

Wilma Tisch, age 98, has a net worth of $2 billion. She inherited her wealth from her husband and brother, who started Lowes Corporation in 1946 when Laurence Tisch persuaded his parents to invest $125,000 to buy a resort hotel in Lakewood, N.J. Then there’s Alice Schwartz, who at 99 has a net worth of $2 billion. She is one of the founders of Bio-Rad Laboratories, a science and diagnostics company she launched with her husband in 1952.

And though many of the ultrawealthy could afford to spend their days playing golf or tending to their rose gardens, some aging billionaires are still clocking in to their offices.

Take George Joseph, for example. The founder of insurance company Mercury General has a net worth of $2.3 billion and still shows up to work at the age of 103. The World War II veteran remains actively involved in the company and has approximately 35% ownership. He’s expected to turn 104 next week and is the oldest billionaire in America.

And despite announcing his retirement from the helm of Berkshire Hathaway at 95, billionaire Warren Buffett insisted he’s not going to sit down and “watch soap operas.” Instead, he wants to stay engaged with his business passions.

While “young” billionaires (under the age of 50) make up just 10% of the billionaire population, around 150 of them are in their eighties, including former Victoria’s Secret CEO Les Wexner and former New York City mayor and Bloomberg cofounder Michael Bloomberg.

Aging billionaires may be beneficial to the Great Wealth Transfer

This may all be good news for some millennials and Gen Xers who are about to benefit from one of the greatest wealth transfers in history. With the oldest generation of workers staying employed for longer, that pot will only get bigger.

As it stands, the Great Wealth Transfer is set to flood $124 trillion in assets and wealth from the baby boomers to the younger generations, according to a report from Cerulli.

The oldest working cohort were, at their peak, the largest living generation in the history of the world, snatching up property and investing in the booming stock market to amass their fortunes. Their families can expect to inherit the majority of this wealth, about $105 trillion, with just $18 trillion estimated to go to charity.

More than half of the overall total volume of transfers, $62 trillion, is expected to come from the highest echelons of society, many of whom are billionaires and the ultrawealthy.

For those lucky 2% of all households, the report found that millennials will inherit the most over the next 25 years, around $46 trillion.

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