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Visual Capitalist's graph of the world's 25 richest families includes only those that inherited their wealth (not "self-made" centi-billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, or Bill Gates). | |||
* [https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-richest-families-2020/ Ranked: The World’s Richest Families in 2020] | |||
==== Commentary ==== | |||
"The Saudi one is grossly inaccurate. They actually own the whole freaking country-- its Saudi Arabia, like if the US was the United States of Walmart or Koch or something. Basically Trump’s wet dream." | |||
—rob_bray | |||
* https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/this-graph-of-the-worlds-25-richest-families-who-are-collectively-worth-1-4-trillion/179883/11 | |||
"You know you’ve failed as a graph when they need to include a regular old table with the same information right under it." | |||
—Ceran_Swicegood | |||
* https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/this-graph-of-the-worlds-25-richest-families-who-are-collectively-worth-1-4-trillion/179883/13 | |||
"People have been exaggerating the Rothschilds’ wealth for a long, long time. While rich, they are nowhere near that wealthy." | |||
—LurksNoMore | |||
* https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/this-graph-of-the-worlds-25-richest-families-who-are-collectively-worth-1-4-trillion/179883/22 | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Latest revision as of 03:42, 10 September 2020
Online diary of Karl Jones for Thursday September 10, 2020.
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Diary
Visual Capitalist's graph of the world's 25 richest families includes only those that inherited their wealth (not "self-made" centi-billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, or Bill Gates).
Commentary
"The Saudi one is grossly inaccurate. They actually own the whole freaking country-- its Saudi Arabia, like if the US was the United States of Walmart or Koch or something. Basically Trump’s wet dream."
—rob_bray
"You know you’ve failed as a graph when they need to include a regular old table with the same information right under it."
—Ceran_Swicegood
"People have been exaggerating the Rothschilds’ wealth for a long, long time. While rich, they are nowhere near that wealthy."
—LurksNoMore