# Who has Trump displaced as richest man elected President?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 18, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-trump-displaced-as-richest-man-elected-president/772362 "2016-11-18T20:25:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-trump-displaced-as-richest-man-elected-president/772362/21 "2016-11-19T12:44:37Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Trump’s wealth is _not_ “his own”. He got it from his father, and if he had just invested his inheritance in an index fund, he’d be worth more now than what he claims.

As worded, this is specious, with “wealth” taking on two meanings. For that matter, he could have immediately burnt his inheritance.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-trump-displaced-as-richest-man-elected-president/772362/22 "2016-11-19T16:49:18Z")

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> [@Evan\_Drake](#):
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> Perhaps, but the beauty of being a Trust Fund Baby is that you can try, and fail utterly, but you still won’t be eating out of a sardine can by the light of a guttering candle at the end of the day.

Choosing your parents has always been, and probably always will be, one of the most important decisions a person will ever make.

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