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proof that the last zero on a number can buy a different legal system.
means people whose net worth clears ten zeros, mostly on paper, in assets nobody's actually forcing them to sell.
from from bi- (two) plus million, coined once fortunes started outrunning the word millionaire; the first official one was john d. rockefeller in 1916, when a billion dollars still sounded like typo.
count todayover 2,700 worldwide, and rising
wealth sourcemost of it is unrealized stock, not cash
tax quirkbuy, borrow, die avoids most income tax
space racea hobby three of them share exactly