Folks were taken aback trying to fathom the combined wealth of individuals captured in a single photo during Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20th.
On that day, Joe Biden handed over the reins of the most influential position in the world to Donald Trump. A significant gathering was in attendance to support the new president, featuring not only the Trump family but also past presidents, tech moguls, and a plethora of well-known personalities.
One particular snapshot of a small group of guests has left the internet in awe due to their staggering collective net worth.
In this intriguing photo, one can spot Mark Zuckerberg, the mind behind Facebook, and Lauren Sanchez, known for both her journalism and being engaged to Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos. Present as well are Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, along with Elon Musk, the world’s richest individual who heads SpaceX and Tesla.
Elon Musk, by himself, boasts a net worth of $428.8 billion (for reference, Trump possesses a net worth of about $6.8 billion).
Sharing the frame are Bezos and Zuckerberg. Jeff Bezos, the mastermind behind Amazon, is valued at approximately $244.4 billion. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook holds a net worth of $213.4 billion.
Google’s Sundar Pichai commands a personal wealth of $1.3 billion, having taken charge as CEO in 2019.
Lauren Sanchez, who has made her mark as a news anchor, journalist, and licensed pilot, holds a net worth of $30 million.
Altogether, these five individuals collectively stack up to a colossal net worth of $887.9 billion.
Responses from the public poured in online. One exclaimed, “Together they could wipe out the national debt.”
Another chimed in with, “Too many billionaires in one picture.”
A third shared, “Nah, I can feel my brokenness just by looking at this pic.” Someone else pointed out, “About $4.5 trillion in this image alone at the inauguration. The US is not a liberal democracy. It is, at best, a severe meritocracy, and at worst, an outright oligarchy.”
The enormity of this photo’s implication is hard to wrap one’s mind around…