
Journalists Jason Lange and Iris Lee charted a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Americans' views on billionaires, and it turns out there are three distinct categories that emerge when you look at the ten richest individuals in America and how they're perceived.
One group is more hated than loved, and it comprises the modern tech CEOs of America's largest companies โ many of whom were at Trump's recent second inauguration. The second group consists of a handful of older tech CEOs, like Google founder Sergey Brin and Oracle founder Larry Ellison, who are relatively obscure. The remaining billionaires, former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and businessman Michael Bloomberg, are grasping on to the remaining goodwill they have after making some less than flattering headlines in recent years.
Warren Buffet, the oldest individual on the list at age 94, is still making moves and was the only one who enjoyed a majority when it came to favorable sentiment from Americans.
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โ Ben Welsh (@palewire) February 20, 2025
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