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Oh No, point 2 % of his net worth
0.2%
literally less than a traffic ticket in terms of scale
I mean I dislike the guy as much as you, but almost all of his “wealth” is paper wealth. He may very well not be able to liquidate 2% of his wealth (fine with me).
He doesn't have to liquidate shit, none of them do. They borrow against their holdings.
Yes of course. But a lot of it ain’t vested and so the terms may not be great or downright unpalatable.
Point is that if I commit fraud or steal anything over 10 dollars I might go to jail
This guy lies steals and cheats by the billions and he gets a hug
Jail the motherfucker already
0.2% not 2%
Reminds me of the same defense some people make in divorce court
Paper wealth and theoretical wealth, he will have to borrow that $2B using paper value as collateral.
...is Musk worth a trillion dollars now?
I mean, financially, yeah I think so. Which is ironic, since as a person he's worth about as much as a large turd in a small bag.