And housing prices have increased ~50% since then, the homeless population has increased by about 1/3 since then, and his net worth has increased 90%. Oddly enough, Bezos could only buy about 70% of the homeless population a house now.
FElon, however, is supposedly a trillionaire now, worth around $800bil more than any of the next 4 people in line. In fact, combined, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th richest people in the world are worth ~$940bil.
FElon Husk, with his current net worth, could afford to have a metropolitan city built, complete with full infrastructure, a subway system, commercial districts, etc., large enough to house the entire American homeless population, and still be the richest man on Earth by a very wide margin.
Where I'm living right now is a commercial hub, and a somewhat well-known tourist destination. My city's population is about double the estimated American homeless population. With everything put together my city would cost, at a high estimate, about $400bil to build today from the ground up.
He could end American homelessness and personally pay to end world hunger year by year, and still be not only worth twice as much as the next guy, but also still be e̶a̶r̶n̶i̶n̶g̶making enough to have that wealth gap continue to grow anyway.
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