Tron's Justin Sun disputes Forbes wealth estimate as bride-price fight goes public

Tron founder Justin Sun used X on September 1 to challenge how Bloomberg and Forbes value his crypto fortune.

His response comes just days after his split from Chinese actress Jing Tian became a public fight over a bride price and a $50 million demand.

How much is Justin Sun really worth?

In a series of posts published on X today, Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, argued that his personal balance sheet is nobody’s business but also nothing to hide. How much he holds “has never been” the industry’s concern, he wrote, and he added that he would not use the figure to answer his critics.

Sun then took aim at Bloomberg and Forbes, stating that they count his crypto holdings at only 20% to 30% of their value when tallying his net worth, because those assets are concentrated, volatile, and by the outlets’ standards, not “certain.”

Sun said he understands that logic, but it is the outlet’s methodology, and not his problem.

He wrote in a separate post that for 14 years, he has made the deliberate choice of keeping the bulk of his own assets in crypto. Forbes currently pegs the 36-year-old at $8.5 billion.

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