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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now Worth More Than Bill Gates Ever Was by melling on Monday January 08, 2018 @11:23PM (#16103595)
Don’t you also have to figure in GDP, etc? It’s a relative number.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_historica...

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Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now Worth More Than Bill Gates Ever Was by thesmallestcat on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @12:02AM (#16103755)
That's right, but the media doesn't think that way. It's always the most expensive painting sold ever, the biggest box office hit, and so on.
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