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Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person by blktiger on Thursday July 27, 2017 @02:42PM (#14868162)
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.
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Re:Jeff Bezos Surpasses Bill Gates as World's Richest Person by LesZedCB on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:49PM (#14868775)
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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