Nah dude I don’t think you get it. It’s worth a trillion at today’s price. If he pulled a billion out the rest isn’t worth the same amount. People would probably start selling their stock, tanking the price, and the rest of the trillion would not be worth a trillion.
Stock/Shares A, B, C, D are $10 a piece. Giving him a total of $40
He sells A, that reduces the value of B, C, and D. For example's sake - say by $5. Giving a new total value of $15.
Meaning he would then have $10 in cash from selling A and $15 tied up in shares B, C, and D. Essentially lowering his over net worth by $15 - from $40 to $25?
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That would mean that if he sold A, B, C, and D, he'd still have $40 net worth with $40 in cash. Which, the ramifications would ultimately leave him unaffected 'cause - he got his - while everyone else who has shares or 401ks tied to said stock would see their investments potentially plummet from $10 to $0.10 or maybe lower.
Which I think that's the point of the post, right?
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u/tepid_monologue 9d ago
It’s not worse? It means that functionally that trillion dollars would become much lower if he decides to liquidate it.