See the list of California's 200-plus billionaires who could be hit by the proposed wealth tax

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Palmer Luckey, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang are among the billionaires that could be impacted by a California wealth tax.

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Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page moved an LLC out of California ahead of proposed billionaire's tax

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Google cofounded Sergey Brin and Larry Page attended the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2007.

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The California wealth tax is a window into billionaires' risk tolerance

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Google's Larry Page had different responses to California's proposed billionaire's tax.

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Jensen Huang said he is 'perfectly fine' with the California billionaire wealth tax and breaks with other tech CEOs

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Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks about the Vera Rubin AI platform during a question and answer session with reporters at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he is "perfectly fine" with California's proposed billionaire wealth tax.

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Read the letter celebrity lawyer Alex Spiro wrote to Gavin Newsom, warning that his clients will 'permanently relocate' if California wealth tax passes

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Attorney Alex Spiro wrote to California Gov. Gavin Newsom saying several of his clients would relocate if a billionaire tax were implemented.

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LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, once the world's richest man, said a 2% wealth tax would destroy the French economy

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Bernard Arnault, Chairman and chief executive officer of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, delivers a speech at the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, delivers a speech at the Viva Technology conference in Paris

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Massachusetts' millionaire tax is earning more than expected and could help make up for the last few years of high earners fleeing the state

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Martha's Vineyard Airport.

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Bill Gates thinks the super-wealthy should pay more tax – and plenty of rich people agree

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Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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Abigail Disney regrets that she once flew alone on her family's private Boeing 737 from California to New York

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Abigail Disney is calling for a tax on extreme wealth.

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America's economy should be 'thrilled' billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett exist, think-tank director says

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Jeff Bezos.

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