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Technically Speaking
September 2017
11
— By Deepak Mylapalli
The global wealth pyramid
Ultra High
net worth
> USD 1 million
High net worth
segment
$$ Opportunity
Mass affluent &
Mass market
USD 100,000
to 1 million
USD 10,000 to
100,000
< USD 10,000
33 m USD 116.6 trn (45.6%)
(0.7%)
365 m
(7.5%)
897 m
(18.5%)
USD 103.9 trn (40.6%)
USD 29.1 trn (11.4%)
USD 6.1 trn (2.4%)
3,546 m
(73.2%)
Wealth range
Total wealth (percent of world)
Number of adults (percent of world population)
Source: James Davies, Rodrigo Lluberas and Anthony Shorrocks, Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook 2016
The people from the mass affluent and mass market segments can be further
categorized in four primary segments basis the type of investments:
People having investments into:
Type I
Only Financial assets
(Deposits, mutual funds,
capital markets)
Type II
Only Physical assets
(Gold, Land, Properties)
Type III
Both Physical &
Financial assets
Type IV
No investments