Elon Musk's $410B wealth sounds like astronomical figures, but if it were to be evenly distributed among 342 million Americans, each person would only receive $1199. A family of four would only get $4797.

Not that impressive right?

With the top 10 richest people in the world (total assets of 1.91 trillion), each American would only average 5593 dollars.

Ironically, the average net worth of the bottom 50% of Americans is only $23,600. This means that even if ordinary people pooled all their wealth and divided it equally, each person would receive less than a penny.

So don't be fooled by the high net worth of the wealthy; if it were to be distributed evenly, it would quickly become a mere drizzle. This is the reality of wealth inequality – although one person's wealth may be astonishing, it appears insignificant in the face of over 300 million people.