When I first saw this headline I my reaction was <ragetyping> "Holy shit, is Reddit this stupid? 100 billion is NOT 1 trillion." </ragetyping> Then I read down through the article and saw that their claim, burried in the article, is that in about 25 years, he might hit 1 trillion:
Right now, Gates stands as the most likely candidate to reach that milestone. For its analysis, Oxfam researchers applied the average growth rate of the ultra-rich — 11 percent per year since 2009 — to Gates' current levels of wealth, which was about $84 billion at the time of the study. If his investments keep doing as well as they have, the 61-year-old billionaire could indeed become the world's first trillionaire.
This is based on Bill Gates' current net worth of $87,000,000,000 billion, and an average growth rate of 11% per year in the market:
| Year | Net Worth |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 |
| 2 | 2018 |
| 3 | 2019 |
| 4 | 2020 |
| 5 | 2021 |
| 6 | 2022 |
| 7 | 2023 |
| 8 | 2024 |
| 9 | 2025 |
| 10 | 2026 |
| 11 | 2027 |
| 12 | 2028 |
| 13 | 2029 |
| 14 | 2030 |
| 15 | 2031 |
| 16 | 2032 |
| 17 | 2033 |
| 18 | 2034 |
| 19 | 2035 |
| 20 | 2036 |
| 21 | 2037 |
| 22 | 2038 |
| 23 | 2039 |
| 24 | 2040 |
| 25 | 2041 |
At this point I still feel like I've been trolled.
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