I know this is in jest, but it might be the root of the problem; a lot of folks don't have a good grasp on basic math, especially with large numbers, and fall victim to this kind of thinking.

One way to think about this silly math in reverse:

Split-adjusted, Amazon IPO’d at $0.075 a share. If instead of raiding my $3 piece of Jeff’s billion, I had the good sense to give him that pittance 25 years ago, it’d be worth $7,400 today.

But if you leave $1b to Bezos, which is a pretty good retirement fund, you can give $500 to every American.