richest
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He didn't become the world's richest man – with a personal fortune of over $700bn, and soon to be over $1trn – without proving his doubters wrong.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Or, to put it another way, out of a random group of 1,000 Americans, the richest single person owns about six times as much as the poorest 500 put together.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
It won’t even downgrade him to not being the richest guy who has ever lived.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
Then again, most business situations involving Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, are a little unusual.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Working closely with a former business editor, Glenn Kramon, David labored for months to create a financial portrait of the richest Americans.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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