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[[User:Steve348|Steve348]] ([[User talk:Steve348|talk]]) 15:10, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
[[User:Steve348|Steve348]] ([[User talk:Steve348|talk]]) 15:10, 18 May 2017 (UTC)


agree this should be deleted. no source for his wealth.

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Table expansion?

This table could be improved with more information, for example, columns for occupation/source of wealth, wealth in then-dollars and the year (was it when they entered office? left office? died?). --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 17:23, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Half a billion for Washington? It would be interesting to know the methodology used to come by that conclusion. I'm guessing they (CSM) are taking the present day Virginian farm land value (8000 usd an acre?) and applying it retrospectively to his 60,000 acres. Which is cute but would be no where near the liquidation value of his land at the time of his death adjusted for inflation. All of which is saying that figure is a bit of a nonsense. Twospoonfuls (ειπέ) 17:31, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Could be true. He was rich. 108.3.135.124 (talk) 20:17, 26 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Adding on to this, I believe the numbers cited here are likely inaccurate in several places: the only numbers I've looked into are Coolidge's, as he is the president I am currently reading into. Amity Shlaes' book, horribly biased as it is almost to the point of unreadability, has his J.P. Morgan account balance listed as 137,099.38$ on January 2, 1931, two years prior to his death. Per in2013dollars.com, this is well over a million dollars in 2010, yet he is listed as being worth less than a million. In addition to this money, she mentioned his daily columns are bringing in substantially more than 3,000$ weekly and that he had a habit of storing his money away in up to twenty different banks in case of a market recession, leading me to believe the numbers here could be DRASTICALLY incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.109.62.160 (talk) 01:38, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kennedy

Kennedy's range should be explained in a footnote. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 22:37, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kennedy should not have a range. He should be in as $125 mill. Even if the Kennedy's were worth 1 billion dollars that does not mean than JFK was worth that. The Time infograph said that he lived off a fund of 10 mill. He should really be put in as that. Where did Time get the 1 Billion number from?Claymorde (talk) 14 October 2014.

Kennedy's range is improper. Kennedy's family net worth is not his own. Someone should revert this.Ernio48 (talk) 02:17, 18 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Putting Kennedy at $1 billion because of money he MIGHT have inherited seems pretty silly. 76.168.4.212 (talk) 05:32, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Inflation Adjusted dollars

These numbers are all in 2010 dollars, which means that they are inflation-adjusted. The results will depend on the value you use for inflation adjustment.

It would be valuable if the table also showed their actual net worth, in unadjusted dollars. Geoffrey.landis (talk) 22:18, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Errors

The caption below Barack Obama states he is the 21st wealthiest president but directly below him in the spread sheet is Polk with 2 million more. He is either 22nd or 23rd.

Kennedy's wealth is listed as 125 - 1,000 million yet he is put on top. I think it is kind of ridiculous to have such a huge range in numbers

--65.182.252.177 (talk) 20:28, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All early Presidents rich?

"but by no means were all early Presidents rich" --> the table claims exactly the opposite + no source for this statement.

Jefferson

Didn't Jefferson die in debt? How can his net worth be this high? I don't think this article is accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.61.222.251 (talk) 02:20, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

~~The table appears to be Peak Net Worth, so it only looks for their maximum wealth anytime after (I assume) they became president. Jefferson may have been wealthy at one point, then fell into debt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.129.196.116 (talk) 13:29, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Table sorting doesn't work

Hello, I'm not a wikipedia editor so I don't know how to fix this, but I wanted to report that the net worth column doesn't sort correctly. 94.36.128.46 (talk) 21:48, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Most U.S. presidents before 1845 were extremely wealthy, including Andrew Jackson, who was born into poverty,[1] and George Washington, the richest of the period, but by no means were all early presidents rich.

What? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.163.233.11 (talk) 18:11, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Is it not considered relevant the comparison of the wealth before the Presidency and after?

I think, assuming that most modern Presidents have a lot of income after their presidency ends, it would be very relevant to see if it is possible to measure the effect of the Presidency in their wealth. Regards --Basquetteur (talk) 15:00, 15 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There is no reference for Trumps net worth

Donald Trumps net worth is completely unknown, with only estimates available.

Trump only declared his assets, and never declared his debt, which could possibly exceed his assets.

I'm not making any claims, but a reliable reference is required for making claims on trumps net worth, and this article currently fails at that.

Steve348 (talk) 15:10, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]


agree this should be deleted. no source for his wealth.

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