• Pirky@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    On top of that, a lot of the women are listed as “& family” which to me implies they aren’t the sole owners of that wealth.

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      2 months ago

      Julia Koch inherited her wealth from her husband David who died in 2019. I think most of them are in a similar situation.

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      2 months ago

      Don’t know about most of the other bastards, but Elon Musk at least doesn’t have a family to list

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          Oh, I thought it was saying their immediate family, as in wealth shared through marriage. I expect everyone one those lists came from some kind of generational fortune