system
A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
It’s literally all it’s counted, The Forbes list is a joke precisely for this reason, they go on the internet, add up their stock value and say “done”. It doesn’t subtract debt, doesn’t properly add up assets…
gpt
Most billionaires have most of their money tied up in stocks and their companies. They add the two together and get a good idea of each persons ranking. It’s hard to count things like assets when they could have a ton of expensive cars, multiple properties, private debt, and offshore accounts. These are hard to find out about to give an accurate estimate of net worth. Do you want them to hire a PI to stalk each billionaire?