The $80 Trillion Shift: Why Women Are the Next Force in Global Capital

The numbers are not a projection: according to UBS Chief Economist Paul Donovan, writing for the World Economic Forum, over $80 trillion in wealth will move into new hands over the coming decades, the equivalent of three years of global fixed capital investment. Some of it will be captured by governments managing mounting debt. But most will land in private hands and a significant share of those hands will belong to women. Approximately $9 trillion is expected to pass "sideways" to female partners of wealth creators, and as inheritance patterns grow more equitable across generations, women could ultimately hold a majority of the world's private wealth. 

This structural shift has real capital implications: research cited by the World Economic Forum shows that women investors spend more time researching before committing, hold greater conviction once decided, and are less likely to change strategy amid volatility, all characteristics that favor longer-horizon investment opportunities.

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Source: Paul Donovan, UBS Global Wealth Management, via World Economic Forum, September 2025. weforum