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[–] Whopraysforthedevil@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Interesting that the pay gap seems to apply to billionaires as well.

[–] Pirky@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

I think all women on this list got their wealth through death or divorce.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Elon did inherit a bunch of money from his family in South Africa. That’s where he got his initial funding for his startups.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

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

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