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Four of the world’s richest men at Donald Trump’s inauguration create $. 14 trillion photo

Money talks in this incredible rare spectacle of tycoons who watched on when Donald Trump was sworn in. See the photo and how much everyone is worth.

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A picture is worth a thousands words, as the saying goes, but in this instance, a photo snapped from Tuesday’s inauguration of US president Donald Trump is worth a trillion US dollars.

Ahead of the official ceremony where Mr Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, Google chief Sundar Pichai and Tesla star Elon Musk were snapped together as they took their seats.

The moment Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US president. Picture: AFP
The moment Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US president. Picture: AFP

The photos showed a rare sight: four of the world’s richest men standing together.

Their combined net worth is more than US$850billion ($A1.4 trillion) – just US$150billion short of a trillion dollars.

Four of the world’s richest men were snapped standing together at the ceremony. Picture: Getty
Four of the world’s richest men were snapped standing together at the ceremony. Picture: Getty
Donald Trump speaks during the inauguration parade. Picture: AFP
Donald Trump speaks during the inauguration parade. Picture: AFP

Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, has a net worth of US $433.9 billion ($A692.3bn), while Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth has been estimated at US$211 billion ($A337.9bn) and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is reportedly worth US$239 billion ($A382bn).

Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s riches have been estimated at a comparatively modest US$1.3 billion ($A2.07bn).

Fellow billionaires who attended the inauguration ceremony included Sam Altman of OpenAI and Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi.

While not pictured in the photo with the other tycoons, Sam Altman is worth US$2 billion ($A3.1 billion), and Dara Khosrowshahi’s net worth is US$170 million ($A270.5 million).

TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chou was also in attendance.

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