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We priced the owners of affiliate networks, traffic sources and publishers from filings at the October 2, 2026 close. No network owner is a billionaire: A8.net's founder tops the networks at $67.5 million. A finance publisher leads overall, and Brazil's ban cut Better Collective's founders' stakes by 32%.

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