General Who will be the first trillionaire? And when?

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John Lee Pettimore

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Bloomberg's list of the richest 500 people in the world, for what it's worth.

They have Musk at $241 billion, Bezos at $197 billion.

Who do you think will be the world's first trillionaire? What industry, and when?

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FINGERS

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Bloomberg's list of the richest 500 people in the world, for what it's worth.

They have Musk at $241 billion, Bezos at $197 billion.

Who do you think will be the world's first trillionaire? What industry, and when?

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what is your scale as a trillionaire?

a thousand billion?

in that sense. I doubt we will ever see one in our life time.
 

BrunoMcGyver

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I wouldn't be surprised if there'd be one in 25 years based on asset worth (ie. they own most shares in a publicly listed company that has some overly inflated price etc)
 

KABOOM

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There's a comet made of highly precious metals circling around the solar system. Worth more than all of earths economy right now. Bet one of these jokers trys to catch it on a huge butterfly net like on animal crossing
 

kneeblock

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If we ever have a political economy that allows for an individual to become a trillionaire, they'd better have good molotov insurance.
 

John Lee Pettimore

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what is your scale as a trillionaire?

a thousand billion?

in that sense. I doubt we will ever see one in our life time.
A thousand billion.

And it very much is coming in our lifetime, and likely in the next 10 years. Musk's wealth increased by nearly $200 billion in the last 18 months.

In 2000, Gates had 60 billion and he was the only person on the planet with more than 50 billion.

In 2021, according to Bloomberg, Musk is worth a quarter of a trillion and there are 26 people with a net worth of $50 billion or more.

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Hwoarang

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We keep hearing stories of (not so) rich people hiding their money, off shore accounts etc.
No doubt the ultra rich can hide it even better. Probably a few people off books that have clicked over the trillion.
 

Leigh

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Allegedly Elon Musk will become a trillionaire when bitcoin hits 77k. This is from crypto insiders, so take it with a pinch of salt. He won't announce it, cos he'll keep it in exchanges, where he won't have to declare it to the IRS.
 

FINGERS

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Allegedly Elon Musk will become a trillionaire when bitcoin hits 77k. This is from crypto insiders, so take it with a pinch of salt. He won't announce it, cos he'll keep it in exchanges, where he won't have to declare it to the IRS.
 

John Lee Pettimore

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Is Musk richer than Bezos now?

Yes, and easily.

Apparently.

Musk's net worth has increased by almost a quarter of a Trillion dollars during the pandemic. His earnings during covid alone would make him the wealthiest private individual in human history (inflation excluded, but he's getting to Rockefeller level anyway)

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John Lee Pettimore

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Gates was the first person to pass $100 billion, and he did it in 1999. But then because of the dotcom bust and his philanthropy, he lost that and it wasn't until 2019 that he and Bezos crossed that mark.

Two years later, 10 people have more than 100 billion.

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IschKabibble

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We keep hearing stories of (not so) rich people hiding their money, off shore accounts etc.
No doubt the ultra rich can hide it even better. Probably a few people off books that have clicked over the trillion.
100% this. Forbes list is a sham.