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Selling that much FB stock would put a pretty big dent in the stock price.

Dark pools & other approaches which avoid sucking liquidity out of public order books are available.

These allow larger trades to be done without affecting the market price.

Dark pools aren't some magic bullet that prevents price movement on big orders. They're a tool, but not the obvious answer.

Sure, but that's an extreme example. Zuckerberg's at 10 figures, not 7.

11

Only if you round up.

What are you talking about? Mark Zuckerburg's net worth is around $60,000,000,000. Count the figures: there are 11.

Are you getting confused because the scientific notation would be 6 x 10^10? But that's not how people count "figures." If you have a 6 figure salary, your salary is $100,000 to $999,999, not $1,000,000 to $9,999,999.

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