Research by Forbes magazine found there were 15 billionaires aged 30 or under but that none had created their own wealth (...)
None over 30 created their own wealth either.
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2024
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Unlike the older billionaires who earned every dollar of their billions, because they really are hundreds of thousands times more productive and economically valuable than nurses or bus drivers.
I'm not disagreeing but I wanted to post the article mostly to point out that it is completely impossible to earn such money.
Unless you’re Taylor Swift, of course, the one billionaire who gets a guillotine pass.
I own $1000
A billionaire owns at least $1,000,000,000
Thats 1 million times my savings
Same. I look forward to payday because I get to rejoin the one comma club for a couple days
Something something meritocracy...
Billionaires shouldn't exist. It's obscene.
The estate tax is way too fucking low.
It was specifically established to prevent the establishment of a hereditary aristocracy, and it is utterly failing to do its job.
You know what won't fail to do the job?
Guillotines
Millennials: The richest generation in history.
There you go, why complain all the time? You're literally the richest in history.
/s
Wow I’m so shocked!!!
(Not)
There should be a bracket where inheritance tax reaches 99% of all assets.
yeah and whats the percentage over 30 and for the ones who did inherit their billions how many inherited and started with millions?
I wonder what percentage of millionaires under 30 inherited their wealth.
was there any doubt?
No shit sherlock
I'm just pointing out that it's impossible to earn. I know it's obvious.
Oh, I wasn't telling you... But to whoever though it was necessary a study to find that out.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
There are already more billionaires than ever before (2,781), and the number is expected to soar in the coming years as an elderly generation of super-rich people prepare to give their fortunes to their children.
Research by Forbes magazine found there were 15 billionaires aged 30 or under but that none had created their own wealth, instead benefitting from huge inheritances.
Among them are Ireland’s Firoz Mistry, 27, and his brother Zahan, 25, who each have an estimated $4.9bn from their stakes in Tata Sons, the parent company of the Indian conglomerate Tate Group, which owns car brands including Jaguar Land Rover.
The world’s youngest billionaire is Livia Voigt, 19, who has a $1.1bn fortune thanks to a 3.1% stake in WEG Industries, a Brazilian electrical equipment producer co-founded by her grandfather Werner Ricardo.
“Looking to the longer term, the exceptional wealth resulting from the boom in entrepreneurial activity since the 1990s has established a foundation for future generations of billionaire families.”
The transfer is expected to make millennials the “richest generation in history”, says research by the real estate agent Knight Frank.
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a strong Ig Nobel contender
I guess Kylie Jenner wasn't self-made after all. Huh? Whoda thunk?
There was literally a go fund me to make her a billionaire.
Also, every single Kardashian was made by the oj Simpson trial and that sex tape. Her cosmetics business made itself.