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The CEOs of Intel and Samsung are estimated to be worth $74 million and $17 billion respectively. We don't know enough about the company to create a definite figure for his net worth, but we might create an estimate by examining the wealth of the CEOs of large tech hardware companies in our own world. In the "Post-Crisis" continuity in which DC Comics were set between 19, Ted Kord took his father's company, Kord Omniversal, from the brink of collapse and turned it into a leading technology firm, using his share of the profits to fund a costumed crimefighting career as the Blue Beetle. Like many a costumed adventurer, Ted Kord is the son of a wealthy businessman. Here's what our accountants (read: comics nerds) have been able to dig up. Except in the rare occasions when the text of the comics gives us an actual number, we can only make educated guesses as to the relative wealth of superheroes based on clues in their stories and the net worth of real people who have had similar circumstances. Unsurprisingly, it is very difficult to evaluate the assets of fictional people. Naturally, fans like to debate which DC superheroes have the most in the bank, and these arguments are mostly futile. Heck, some superheroes are even lucky enough to be born with both incredible powers beyond those of mortal men and generations of accumulated wealth. Even Superman can just barely pull that trick off.Ĭonsequently, a significant percentage of Justice Leaguers, Teen Titans, and other DC Comics superheroes are backed by big dollars, mostly acquired the old-fashioned way: inheritance. Gadgets, vehicles, and costumes are expensive, and it's also awfully hard to hold down a job when you might be called away to fight crooks or angry gods at any moment.
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Sure, you might be able to pull it off if you get blessed by a wizard or recruited by the space police, but if you're not lucky enough to acquire superpowers, having deep pockets (or a generous benefactor who does) is basically the only way to go. If being a superhero was cheap, everyone would do it.