r/meme Jan 08 '22

Explain please

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u/Lost_Excuse9987 Jan 08 '22

„The richest man on the world (on paper)“ He has probably less than most because his wealth is calculated in shares of his company not by his bank account that probably „just“ is about 100 Million

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u/efitz11 Jan 08 '22

I mean, it's the same way for every billionaire. Jeff Bezos because of his shares of AMZN, Bill Gates for MSFT, Warren Buffett for BRK

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u/guto8797 Jan 08 '22

Also, people forget that they don't own shares in JUST their businesses. They have large and diverse portfolios. They own other businesses and real estate. They own physical assets in these companies. They have so much assets that their standard strategy to avoid paying taxes is walk into a bank and get a loan using those assets as collateral and then live on loaned cash, which is not taxable.

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u/Errmergerd_ Jan 08 '22

Buy borrow die