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blktiger on July 27, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest...

One thing to keep in mind as well is that the net worth numbers are using stock value which most of the ultra rich cannot actually liquidate.

_oghd on July 27, 2017 [–]

either: all at once, or some very quickly.

They can though. wanna buy a car for 150k, sell off some shares, buy a car. right?

Honestly, though, even the interest on whatever liquid assets they do have probably yields more than my current savings total.

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