That is not what I meant. What I meant was: your and mine and everybodies retirement fund has shares of FB and Google in their portfolio, meaning, when we reti

That is not what I meant. What I meant was: your and mine and everybodies retirement fund has shares of FB and Google in their portfolio, meaning, when we retire, we reap the benefits of the profits these companies made. As others pointed out: The elite who own most of the share profit much more, of course.