The Future Trillionaire: Examining the Prospects of Potential Candidates
Will there ever be a trillionaire?
A billion dollars can settle you for life, as well as a dozen generations of your wider family. What about a trillion dollars?
What does a trillion dollars look like?
Writing that out in number takes twelve zeros: $1,000,000,000,000. It is comparable to the gross domestic product of countries like Turkey or the Netherlands. Even imagining a person wielding the wealth of an annual production of 270 million people can cause a headache. In fact, only a handful of companies have reached a threshold of $1 trillion.
- Bernard Arnault (with family) – $212.6 billion
- Jeff Bezos – $204.2 billion
- Elon Musk – $193.2 billion
- Mark Zuckerberg – $164.2 billion
At first glance, anyone would love to see themselves as the one who will be the first trillionaire. However, the title would bring much more trouble than worth. Moreover, becoming astronomically rich in a world where the number of poor grows by the day would make the person a perfect target for the world's ire.
Rather than chase the trillion mark, billionaires like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates pledge most of their treasures to philanthropic and humanitarian causes, such as the Giving Pledge. After all, being the good guy beats becoming the global villain any time!
This article was prepared using information from open sources in accordance with the principles of Ethical Policy. The editorial team is not responsible for absolute accuracy, as it relies on data from the sources referenced.