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HTML

<ul>
    <li><strong>John Doe</strong> <div>$5,849,487<sup>84</sup></div></li>
    <li><strong>David Jones</strong> <div>$5,498,364<sup>01</sup></div></li>
    <li><strong>Susie Smith</strong> <div>$5,098,276<sup>35</sup></div></li>
</ul>

CSS

li::first-letter {
    color: blue;
}
li div::first-letter {
    color: red;
}