What If Elon, Bezos & Co. Actually Split Their Money?

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America’s top 5 billionaires are sitting on $1.59 trillion combined:

  • Elon Musk: $483.7B
  • Larry Ellison: $388.5B
  • Mark Zuckerberg: $264.2B
  • Jeff Bezos: $240.4B
  • Larry Page: $208.9B

Here’s the fantasy scenario: If they dumped all that into a pool and split it among 342.6 million Americans, each person gets $4,629.78.

Before you start daydreaming:

  • Down payment on a used car? 18% covered
  • New MacBook? You could grab two
  • Credit card debt payoff? Gets you halfway there (avg debt: $6,065)
  • Emergency fund boost? Solid start

For context, if we threw every billionaire’s wealth worldwide ($16.1T) into the mix, that jumps to $47,007 per person.

So yeah, life-changing money? Not really. But enough to move the needle on debt, investments, or that new laptop you’ve been eyeing. Obviously, none of these guys are doing this tomorrow—just a fun thought experiment on what concentrated wealth actually represents.

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