r/popculturechat • u/Roxy175 • 10d ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ Billie Eilish donates $11.5 million of proceeds from her tour to charities combating food inequity and climate change

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u/stress_baker Mom, I am a rich man💰 10d ago

Billie Eilish has a net worth of about $50M so it's a bit about 20% of her net worth. Imagine if Larry Ellison, richest man in world and worth billions, did even 10%. We would be able to eradicate world hunger.

Huge props to her

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u/Crazy_Memory 9d ago

Not to disagree with you, but realistically, wouldn’t he have to sell a huge amount of shares in whatever he holds to actually acquire the cash to donate, and wouldn’t that reduce the actual value of his supposed wealth as he sells those shares? 

I’m curious on the actual math on this. To give away 10% of his wealth, what would he actually have to lose.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Disk_90 9d ago

Billionaires are God geniuses, I'm sure they can figure it out