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Re:Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, it’s ov... by khafra on Friday October 28, 2011 @08:40AM (#3167995)
How does the total value of privately traded companies compare to publically traded companies, and how many privately traded companies can the Rothschilds plausibly own without it being public knowledge?
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Re:Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, it’s ov... by tmh88j on Friday October 28, 2011 @09:48AM (#3168220)
Is it possible to find the total market cap of all privately traded companies? Considering that a private company's wealth isn't public knowledge the only thing we can do is estimate using a tool like bizstats.com.
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Re:Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, it’s ov... by speleding on Saturday October 29, 2011 @09:00AM (#3171769)
Macro economics can give you a pretty accurate estimate of the "market cap" of privately traded companies: just work your way down from the Gross National Product by segmenting it into public and privately earned. (You could also look at total tax revenue and calculate from there)
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