Thread: 26 people on this planet have more money than the lowest 3.8 billion combined
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Old 01-21-2019, 02:44 PM  
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Originally Posted by Bladewire View Post
Something to keep in mind.

The richest people are not rich because of the amount of money they have in bank accounts. It's net worth which includes value of businesses, stocks, hard goods, property, etc.

Jeff Bezos company Amazon, just one of his many companies, employs 542,000 people
There are two types of rich. There are guys like Bezos, Bill Gates or Elon Musk all of which created products or services which made them rich..

There are the ones who just put their money in mega money funds to take in billions from interest or investments.
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