• AttackPanda@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    Yeah I always think that we know their wealth because it is in shares of publicly traded companies but you know it’s some Saudi oil baron or Russian Oligarch that is actually wealthier. My guess is probably Putin takes top spot and then the Saudis.

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      9 months ago

      Russian Oligarch that is actually wealthier

      Putin himself has always been a strong contender

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      9 months ago

      Most rich fucks use LLCs to hide their ownership of assets. (At least, from the public.)

      If they’re privately owned, then there’s little functional difference, but you can use them to avoid reporting requirements (ie in a hostile take over.)

      But then, also, there’s a lot of random LLCs on a random company’s ledger. Some of them are investment firms, and such, but some are also the assets of people like bezos or the Rothschild family.