Dive into the varying levels of wealth among billionaires, from the diversified portfolios of individuals like Bill Gates to the entrenched 'old money elite'. This chapter examines how the wealth of upper-class billionaires is interconnected with national treasuries and state enterprises, posing challenges in quantifying their riches and highlighting their significant power and stability in contrast to lower-class billionaires.
Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, two gentlemen fighting back and forth for the title of world richest man. These two individuals seem very very similar, for starters, of course, they are both billionaires, an elite worldwide club with around 2 and a half thousand members, they are both white, male tech entrepreneurs, from the united states, and even more specifically from Seattle, and even more specifically their primary residence is in Medina a same small town just outside of Seattle. So it looks like these two are pretty similar, but in reality, their fortunes couldn’t be more different.
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