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International Women’s Day: Why is women's wealth still reliant on inheritance?

Katie Royals, 06/03/2020

Everyone wants to talk about diversity but little seems to be changing, with a recent report from Wealth-X claiming women make up just 14.2 percent of "very high net worth" individuals (those with between $5 and $30 million) worldwide.

This wasn’t the only gender-related issue highlighted. Wealthy women are far more likely to inherit their fortunes (14 percent) than be self-made (68 percent), while 18 percent were a combination of the two.

In comparison, just 3 percent of we...


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