The richest person in history was probably John D. Rockefeller, who was worth $1 billion in 1900. As far as Bezos and so on, the way wildly affluent people get there is by implied value. If you own 100% of a company, and sell 50% for a billion dollars, your implied wealth is a billion dollars, even though no…

He doesn’t have that much cash..... he owns shares in Amazon. Morons think that money is for buying houses and beer. Bezos doesn’t consume much more than the next person. He just happens to own a large piece of a large company. It’s not about spending or a number in a headline. If about dealing tons of crap junk and…

I can see why Brexit won. Year after year the little parasites in the EU are sitting around writing niggling little regulations, taking more freedom day after day, with some benefit but too little to justify putting up with the annoyance. Who needs it Good riddance.