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Google co-founder leaves California amid wealth tax fears
Yahoo Finance ^ | 1/7/25 | James Titcomb

Posted on 01/07/2026 4:53:25 PM PST by CFW

Larry Page, the Google co-founder and world’s second-richest person, has reportedly left California amid concerns about a wealth tax on billionaires.

Mr Page has moved the registrations of several entities, including his family office and flying car business from California to Delaware, according to filings with the states.

He has also personally moved out of the state ahead of a potential vote on a 5pc wealth tax, according to Business Insider, which first reported the move.

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; gettingitgoodandhard; h1btruth; leaving; rich; wealthtax
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I bet Governor Newsom will be shocked to hear of such a thing!
1 posted on 01/07/2026 4:53:25 PM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

Actions have consequences.

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2 posted on 01/07/2026 4:55:19 PM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Moving out of California was smart but moving to Delaware was not. He needed to talk more with Musk.


3 posted on 01/07/2026 4:55:20 PM PST by Hartlyboy
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To: CFW

Additional info:

https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-leave-california-wealth-billionaire-tax-koop-google-2026-1


4 posted on 01/07/2026 4:55:38 PM PST by cgbg ("Your identity is how power treats you.")
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To: Hartlyboy

He re-registered some business entities in Delaware. It doesn’t say that he moved there. It will be interesting to see which state Larry now calls home, but I’d put my money on one with no state income tax but also sufficient luxury housing and amenities (e.g., FL, TX or NV)


5 posted on 01/07/2026 5:00:09 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: CFW

He created the environment he is fleeing.


6 posted on 01/07/2026 5:00:24 PM PST by NoLibZone (Trump needs to require all democrats in office to re take their oath to the US Constitution.)
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To: CFW

Larry Page engineered the current and future replacement of almost all tech workers in the USA by bringing uncounted thousands of young guys here from India. Basically almost his whole company is or will be run by Indian citizens. I would suggest he should move to Mumbai.

By the way, Mr. Page is not a tech company owner. He runs a worldwide advertising duopoly with facebook.


7 posted on 01/07/2026 5:01:31 PM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: CFW

Going to Galt’s Gulch? Probably not, just to a bunker in a red state.


8 posted on 01/07/2026 5:03:12 PM PST by DocRock
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To: jroehl

Cheap foreign tech workers are a bonanza for American companies. It helps American companies stay competitive and stay in US instead of off shoring the work. A company operating on US soil pays federal income tax, property tax, state income tax, builds infrastructure inside US, employs bunch of support staff (janitors, building maintenance workers, clerical workers, and is a good customer of local utilities. All those side benefits evaporate if the tech work is operated from India on World wide web. Already lots of medical work is being offshore to India because of cheap doctors. The only people hurt but cheaper foreign workers are American tech workers who can’t demand high wages.


9 posted on 01/07/2026 5:12:26 PM PST by Bobbyvotes (Work is worship! .... Bhagavad Geeta)
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To: CFW

Very good.


10 posted on 01/07/2026 5:15:27 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Bobbyvotes

Good deal. Then our country would be extra great if we replaced all our doctors, lawyers, veterinarians and dentists with Indians. That way almost all Americans could be unemployed right? They obviously made India the worlds greatest country, right?


11 posted on 01/07/2026 5:19:17 PM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: CFW

The billionaires created California’s tax situation, thinking they could dump it all on the middle class and lower upper class.


12 posted on 01/07/2026 5:20:01 PM PST by Jonty30 (Escasooners are faster than escalators,)
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To: CFW

LMAO, ROFL, LMFAO, LOL, FAFO, IDC, TNTL, FTW.

Did I leave anything out?


13 posted on 01/07/2026 5:28:28 PM PST by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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LMAO, ROFL, LMFAO, LOL, FAFO, IDC, TNTL, FTW.

Did I leave anything out?

At first, I could not think of anything you left out.

Then I thought about all of the Leftist billionaires who helped create the current Kalifornia.

G.I.G.O. (culturally, politically)

14 posted on 01/07/2026 5:36:07 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: CFW

Not only will they not get any money out of him with that new tax, but they lost what they used to get from him.


15 posted on 01/07/2026 5:36:53 PM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times Editor)
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To: CFW

Doubt he is moving to New York City. Wonder how much he and the other California billionaires donated to the Democrats over the past 30 years.


16 posted on 01/07/2026 5:41:34 PM PST by allendale
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To: Bobbyvotes

This is Bobby = “Started out as a draftsman, quickly promoted due to performance and knowledge of mechanical engineering plus computer programming, a rare combination in 1962.”

And then they replaced me with an Indian in 1963!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


17 posted on 01/07/2026 5:44:02 PM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: Bobbyvotes

and veterinarians, and truck drivers, and call center workers, and dock workers, and landscapers, and general contractors, and painters, and hospitality workers, and - you get the picture of all the cheap foreign labor in the US doing jobs “Americans won’t do.” But yeah, only tech workers are hurt…..


18 posted on 01/07/2026 5:44:17 PM PST by Repeat Offender
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To: CFW

At a 5% wealth tax it’s like he’s cheating the State of California out of $12 billion. Does he think he’s a whole horde of Somalis to get away with that?


19 posted on 01/07/2026 5:53:47 PM PST by KarlInOhio (I pray that the sleeping giant has finally awakened and been filled with a terrible resolve.)
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BS you could not do what I did if you stood on your tail. You are a low IQ jealous individual who thinks you are owed a high paying job.


20 posted on 01/07/2026 6:47:52 PM PST by Bobbyvotes (Work is worship! .... Bhagavad Geeta)
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