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There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
It's not about individual wealth. With greater monopolisation you reach the dominance of financial capital (as opposed to industrial capital), which sees greater disparity; the people with the greatest individual wealth aren't comparable to owners of industrial capital, but corporate wealth and financial institutions (and their boards of directors) hold the vast majority of all wealth whilst the vast majority of people. The disparity should be understood as operating between class divisions rather than between individuals per se.
On the financialisation-monopolisation point, there's a good book by V. I. Lenin called 'Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism' that's worth reading.