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Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page
The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires accounting for a quarter of the gains.
The gains increased their collective net worth to $11.9tn, bolstered by billionaire Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory and booming markets in cryptocurrencies, equities and metals.
Around a quarter of the gains were attributed to eight billionaires, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Oracle chair Larry Ellison and Alphabet Inc co-founder Larry Page, though 2024 saw more concentrated net worth gains with the same eight billionaires making up 43% of total net worth gains for the wealthiest 500 individuals in the world.
At this point reality needs a maximum high score. Like, you make $100 billion and the arguments about taxes just stop, you just literally do not make any more money, because why.
What good society would allow this? When seen what it is - literally human life turned into currency through effort - I find it hard to explain letting one person horde this much without using the word “evil.”
Ditch the score entirely. Let’s cooperate instead of compete.
Every year society should take the top 3 billionaires and forcibly redistribute all of their wealth. Let them fight each other for #4
The Billionaire Games. I like it.
I like where your head’s at.
I like where their heads will roll to.