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Bill Gates just surpassed Jeff Bezos as the richest person on Earth, with a net worth of $110 billion.
I struggled to imagine this huge number, so I animated some bar graphs that put it in proportion with other points of reference. The scale is quite stark.
I struggled to imagine this huge number, so I animated some bar graphs that put it in proportion with other points of reference. The scale is quite stark.
Graphs as still images:
Graphs as still images, continued:
SOURCES:
1. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/09/us-median-household-income-up-in-2018-from-2017.html
2. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/08/baby-boomers-wealth-is-12-times-greater-compared-to-millennials.html
3. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS
4. https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/can-you-retire-on-1-million
5. https://variety.com/2017/dirt/real-estalker/katy-perry-beverly-hills-house-1202031000/
6. https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/politics/flint-mayor-cost-replace-pipes/index.html
7. https://gothamist.com/news/lawsuits-against-nypd-cost-taxpayers-230-million-last-year
8. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolynmcclanahan/2018/08/13/using-gofundme-to-attack-health-care-costs/
1. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/09/us-median-household-income-up-in-2018-from-2017.html
2. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/08/baby-boomers-wealth-is-12-times-greater-compared-to-millennials.html
3. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS
4. https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/can-you-retire-on-1-million
5. https://variety.com/2017/dirt/real-estalker/katy-perry-beverly-hills-house-1202031000/
6. https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/politics/flint-mayor-cost-replace-pipes/index.html
7. https://gothamist.com/news/lawsuits-against-nypd-cost-taxpayers-230-million-last-year
8. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolynmcclanahan/2018/08/13/using-gofundme-to-attack-health-care-costs/
SOURCES continued:
9. https://www.forbes.com/sites/csylt/2018/04/27/disney-reveals-avengers-infinity-wars-financial-muscle
10. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3059975681/
11. https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/
12. https://www.axios.com/health-care-earnings-4th-quarter-unitedhealthgroup-17a3229d-7aca-463f-99b7-fc17f6594e9e.html
9. https://www.forbes.com/sites/csylt/2018/04/27/disney-reveals-avengers-infinity-wars-financial-muscle
10. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3059975681/
11. https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/
12. https://www.axios.com/health-care-earnings-4th-quarter-unitedhealthgroup-17a3229d-7aca-463f-99b7-fc17f6594e9e.html
Billionaires are failures! https://popula.com/2019/11/15/billionaires-are-failures/
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