● The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich
Evan Osnos
Interview with author via Marketplace.org
Currently, there are more than 3,000 billionaires in the world, and nearly one third of them are in the U.S. In the years between President Trump’s first and second inaugurations, 2016 to 2024, the wealth held by America’s billionaires more than doubled.
And yet, these ultra-high-net-worth individuals are something of a mystery to most of us. Average people could probably name a handful of them, such as Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, or Warren Buffet, but their habits, their spending, or their values are something of an enigma.
So during those eight years, Evan Osnos, a staff writer for The New Yorker, was studying that population. The essays he wrote in that time have come together in his new book, “The Haves and the Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich.”