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Jeff Bezos retires with 739,489 times
the median American’s wealth

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Posted By: Imright, 7/4/2021 7:16:13 PM

When Jeff Bezos steps down Monday as Amazon’s CEO at age 57, he will carry with him an estimated $197 billion — a staggering fortune that is 739,489 times the median net worth of an American at age 65.That median net worth is $266,400, Business Insider reported, citing data from the Federal Reserve.Amazon announced in February that Bezos would step down this year and assume the mantle of executive chairman of the e-commerce giant’s board. He is expected to dedicate more time toward initiatives like the Bezos Earth Fund, his Blue Origin spaceship company, The Washington Post and the Amazon Day 1 Fund, CNBC reported.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Californian 7/4/2021 7:19:12 PM (No. 835935)
He built something from nothing that almost everyone uses because it's great for the consumer. He got mega rich doing it. Boo hoo. I think he's a jerk for other reasons but I don't begrudge him his earned wealth.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: NYBruin 7/4/2021 7:23:50 PM (No. 835939)
Joe, Bernie, AOC, LIzzie Warren, etc - who have never built anything - want to take his wealth away and give it to other non-producers and/or overpaid incompetent union employees (teachers, government employees, and the like)
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Reply 3 - Posted by: anniebc 7/4/2021 7:38:53 PM (No. 835946)
Bezos' stepping down to devote all his time to destroying the world and bringing down the wrath of God. I also don't begrudge him his wealth from an idea to something people need, but men think their money makes them God. It's not enough to run a successful business or two or three; they have to run the world.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: marbles 7/4/2021 7:44:21 PM (No. 835952)
Retiring from what ? He's been working at destroying America as founded , America , that horrible place that through capitalism allowed him to make the money to try and control the world . So what exactly is he retiring from?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Banjo Willy 7/4/2021 8:15:02 PM (No. 835968)
Psalm 49:6-7, Matthew 6:19, Luke 12:21, James 5:3 Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: anonymous 7/4/2021 8:38:24 PM (No. 835978)
Didn't he become very rich by effectively acting as an agent for the sale of products made by others? In any case, he has a lot of money to play with, and this itself can become a time-consuming worry. I've always thought that a nice home and a couple of others as an investment are sufficient but if he's going to be building spaceships then that's a different form of real estate altogether....
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Reply 7 - Posted by: formerNYer 7/4/2021 8:39:07 PM (No. 835979)
Wait the median net worth of people 65 is $266,400??? Yikes! Good luck retiring on that.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Paglia guy 7/4/2021 10:18:59 PM (No. 836058)
And, yet, he still felt the need to take a picture of his male parts and send it to a stranger.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Amanoftwistsandturns 7/4/2021 11:44:35 PM (No. 836099)
His wealth is a little misleading. It’s in Amazon stock. If he ever tried to liquidate mass holdings the stock price would tumble as would his net worth . That said I’m sure he is not clipping coupons.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623 7/5/2021 1:24:42 AM (No. 836143)
Like him or not, that's how capitalism works. I don't hate the rich, I want to be rich too.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: NamVet70 7/5/2021 9:29:39 AM (No. 836311)
How could anyone amass such wealth without holding public office? I thought only Democrat office holders were supposed to have that kind of wealth!
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Reply 12 - Posted by: stablemoney 7/5/2021 10:55:51 AM (No. 836413)
Bezos created 739,489 more wealth than the median American. Everyone had the opportunity to create an Amazon, but only Bezos did it. I remember Bezos in the 1990's, still laughing, and broke.
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