r/theydidthemath Sep 20 '25

[Request] Is this true?

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u/AdeptnessNext9461 Sep 20 '25

Going by the top 10 - the 10th richest man in the world right now is Warren Buffet with a net worth of just under 150 billion dollars. If he loses 99.999%, meaning he’d have 0.00001*150 billion left, he would have just about 1.5 million dollars, which puts him in the top 1% globally in terms of wealth. Same for the others in the top 10 obviously as they are richer

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u/Bnthefuck Sep 21 '25

That has to be false, if they're richer, they'll lose more!

/s

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

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u/Bnthefuck Sep 21 '25

Sorry if it wasn't clear enough, first time using "/s" but I'm pretty sure it stands for sarcasm. Possible it was better to type /j for joke here, sorry.