All this story reflects is that the stock market has rebounded somewhat. Most(all?) of the wealth that these people have is tied into various company stocks and when the crash happened they lost. Now that it has rebounded some they are winning again. I doubt any of them are looking in their bank accounts and seeing 1b more dollars than they saw the year before. I would be curious to see how their increase compares % wise with the average american who is invested in the stock market.