DOGE ‘Blockers,’ Media’s Mega Merger, & Bigger Billionaires 10/7/26

Tech billionaire wealth is surging on AI while DOGE's federal cost-cutting and the Paramount-WBD merger both face credibility and debt-driven execution risk.

• Tech wealth concentration: Top 100 tech billionaires added $845B in 2026 (nearly 20% of top 0.1% gains); Elon Musk alone gained ~$300B and is back above $1T net worth; non-tech billionaires' combined wealth fell $62B.
• Trump accounts loophole: Andrew Ross Sorkin flags that a five-year lockup lets donors park concentrated stock in kids' accounts for a tax deduction without it being sold or diversified, unlike the law's intended low-cost index-fund design.

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