We never would’ve thought in a million years we’d be alive to see the first quadrillionaire. We were wrong! That’s right, an American man recently became the first person in the history of mankind to become a quadrillionaire. How did he amass such a fortune? An oil tycoon? Technology whiz? Big Pharma mogul? Nope, none of those. You’ll never guess how this man accumulated such riches… and very quickly lost it all. That’s right, you must hear this historic story! If you had a quadrillion dollars, what’s the first thing you would do? You should genuinely pray it’s not the same thing Crisco would do! Listeners very quickly pounced on him.
Chris Reynolds, a humble American car salesman and father of three, briefly held the title of the world's richest man, all thanks to a jaw-dropping technical error by an online banking service.
However, Chris' quadrillionaire status was very short lived - two minutes long to be exact. He quickly discovered that it was a glitch on PayPal's end when he logged back into his account to find the balance had gone down to $0.
Suddenly, Chris Reynolds wasn't just rich – he was quadrillionaire rich, a title previously reserved for sci-fi villains and eccentric tycoons. Reynolds' newfound wealth didn't last too long.
As of today, no billionaire is within striking distance of becoming a trillionaire. Elon Musk is, at present, the world's richest person, with a net worth of $206 billion, while Jeff Bezos is in the number two position with $179 billion, according to Bloomberg.
In our last blog, we discussed that we go from a million to a billion and then to a trillion. Now, after a trillion, there comes a number known as quadrillion, and then we have other numbers following it. These numbers are quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion, and decillion.
No individual has claimed the status of trillionaire just yet. But a net worth equal to at least one trillion in U.S. dollars or a similarly valued currency isn't unattainable, but it will be a couple of years yet. Only 18 countries have a GDP that exceeds that amount.
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