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title: "Wealth at the top: 0.00001% owns 12% of US income"
description: "At the peak of the Gilded Age in 1910, the richest 0.00001% of the US population owned wealth equal to 4% of national income.\n\nNow, the richest 0.00001% owns 12%.\n\nUS billionaire oligarchs today are even wealthier than the original robber barons.\n\nSource: Ben Norton\n@BenjaminNorton on X"
---

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# [Wealth at the top: 0.00001% owns 12% of US income](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/wealth-at-the-top-0.00001-owns-12-of-us-income)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Jan 20, 2026, 4:29:10 PM

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