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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone care to venture a guess on who the first trillionaire will be?
Here's a list of billionaires.
Who do you think the first trillionaire will be?
And, what year do you think this will happen?
(Here are some "clues"
Rex
(65,616 posts)Oh people...sorry...didn't think they counted anymore.
KansDem
(28,498 posts)We may be closer to seeing the first "trillionaire" than we think...
Rex
(65,616 posts)Or the first corporation as POTUS.
if they earned a dollar a second they would need 30,000 years to make a trillion dollars (starting from 0 dollars)
I don't think a billionaire on the list today would live long enough to come close
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)So you need to rethink that.
onenote
(42,714 posts)The Walton family as a whole is worth around 100 billion dollars, which leaves them 900 billion shy of a trillion. If you're thinking of Christy Walton, who is the richest one of the bunch, she (and her immediate family) are worth around 25 billion. A lot of money, but nowhere even close to a trillion (and well short of the richest man in the world, Carlos Slim, whose is estimated worth is 69 billion).
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 22, 2012, 08:20 PM - Edit history (1)
was worth $350 billion or $500 billion. Sorry, I don't have a link. I just recall thinking that she would be the first trillionaire.
onenote
(42,714 posts)This is probably the thread you were thinking of. It talks about how Alice Walton is worth 21 billion.
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/111837
Also, you may want to edit your post to change "million" to "billion." It won't make what you read correct, but its obviously what you meant to type.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)RevStPatrick
(2,208 posts)...figures out how to mine asteroids.
Or something to do with space.
Whoever it is, they won't get it from this planet.
Johonny
(20,851 posts)there can only be one