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Hans Reiser
American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and convicted murderer
John Eleuthère du Pont
American heir to the Du Pont family fortune, ornithologist, conchologist, murderer (1938–2010)
Forbes 400
list published by Forbes magazine of the 400 wealthiest Americans
Sackler family
American billionaire family
affluenza
Affluenza describes the psychological and social effects of affluence. It is a portmanteau of affluence and influenza, and is used most commonly by critics of consumerism. Some psychologists consider it to be a pseudo-scientific term; however, the word continues to be used in scientific literature.
Robert Durst
American real-estate heir and convicted murderer (1943–2022)
Silver Thursday
event resulting in a drop in silver prices
Du Pont family
wealthy American family
Allen Stanford
Chairman of Stanford International Bank (SIB), convicted of fraud and sentenced to prison

Jim Bakker
American televangelist (born 1940)

Sarah Rector
African American member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Richard Stephen Sackler
American billionaire businessman (born 1945)
Buffett Rule
2011 tax plan by President Obama
American Health Care Act
legislative bill dealing with the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act
Billionaire Boys Club
investing and social club organized by Joseph Henry Gamsky in 1983
Andrew Luster
American rapist
estate tax in the United States
tax on the transfer of the property of a deceased person