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Matthews: Women will control over 50% of US wealth by 2032

John Matthews · John Mathews – Steering the Largest Wirehouse at UBS (Private Wealth 2, EP.444) · May 12, 2025 · at 51:18

John Matthews, Head of Private Wealth Management Americas at UBS, explains how intergenerational wealth transfer to surviving spouses will shift wealth control.

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“In seven years, they're going to control over 50% of the wealth in the United States because of this baby boomer phenomenon.”

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The claim, plainly

Women will control over 50% of the wealth in the United States within seven years due to baby boomer wealth transfers.

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Assessment

The speaker explicitly established a seven-year horizon from May 12, 2025, setting the target date as May 12, 2032. As of September 2, 2026, the prediction window remains open. Macroeconomic studies by McKinsey & Company published in May 2025 estimate that women controlled approximately 33% to 35% of U.S. retail financial assets, with projections indicating a rise to 40% to 45% by 2030 as the baby boomer intergenerational wealth transfer accelerates. Because the threshold has not yet been achieved and the stated horizon extends to May 2032, final resolution cannot occur until the window expires or future data confirms female wealth ownership exceeding 50%.

McKinsey & Company report (May 8, 2025) estimated women controlled 33% to 35% of retail financial assets, projecting an increase to 40% to 45% by 2030.
Cerulli Associates (April 2025) and Bank of America Institute (July 2025) confirm a massive ongoing multi-trillion-dollar wealth transfer toward surviving spouses and younger cohorts through 2048.
The stated seven-year evaluation horizon concludes on May 12, 2032, which is beyond the current date of September 2, 2026.

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[1] mckinsey.com [2] bnnbloomberg.ca [3] mckinsey.com [4] mckinsey.com [5] facebook.com [6] cerulli.com [7] cambridgetrust.com [8] forbes.com

Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances women wealth share women wealth transfer baby boomer 2030 McKinsey percentage women control wealth United States 50 percent McKinsey Cerulli

assessed as of 2026-09-02

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⏳ prediction date: 2032-05-12; checked again automatically on the next resolution wave

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