Comment on Economcial, Billionaires are the biggest threat to the free market
MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 weeks agoClose. Bezos has is wealth from the stock value of Amazon. Amazon’s stock value is loosely tied to assets of the company, but strongly tied to expected growth of profits. Additionally, it trades at a high multiple of current profits.
A company may have few assets and a large stock valuation (the stock price multiplied by number of stock shares outstanding).