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i wonder what did races to 1, 10 and 100 billion look like?

• sverige 8y ago
  One way to think of it is that Bezos' personal wealth is still short of what Carnegie or Rockefeller accumulated when adjusted for inflation or viewed as a percentage of total personal wealth. The Gilded Age was still more excessive than what we see today -- but not by much.
  • mikorym 8y ago
    By "or", do you mean that both options are true?
  • cryoshon 8y ago
    from what i recall, rockefeller's inflation adjusted wealth would be roughly equivalent to a trillion dollars in today's money.
• keymone 8y ago
  found something relevant: https://www.winton.com/longer-view/what-was-the-first-billion-dollar-company-a-short-history-of-market-cap-milestones https://www.winton.com/longer-view/what-was-the-first-billio...