Hold the Phone: Here Comes the Trillionaire Parade!
Summary
Prepare your wallets, folks, because the world might just be on the brink of its first trillionaire! According to a shiny new report from wealth-obsessed peeps at Informa Connect, if things keep going at this breakneck speed, our pal Elon Musk could shatter the $1 trillion ceiling by 2027. That’s like a whole new level of mega-loot that’s so astronomical we might need telescopes just to see it! Currently, Musk is lounging comfortably at a net worth of $237 billion, which is already enough to make a Kardashian envious. Reports suggest his wealth is zooming upwards at a dazzling rate of 110% a year. I mean, doesn’t that just make you want to throw your wallet at him and say, “Take my money!”? But hold onto your Bitcoin, because Musk won’t be the solo act on this trillionaire stage for long. The fortune fairies predict that by 2028, a whole crowd of other billionaires will join him in this exclusive club. Get ready to welcome Gautam Adani, Prajogo Pangestu, and even Jensen Huang—who will potentially rise to the trillionaire throne—although I wouldn’t count my Nvidia stocks before they hatch because last week he had an oopsie and saw his net worth drop by $10 billion faster than a hot potato at a slow dance. Fast forward to 2030, and we might be rolling out the red carpet for Mark Zuckerberg, Bernard Arnault, and Phil Knight, all with their own shiny trillion-dollar trophies! By 2034? Who knows? We could be staring at a line of ten trillionaires, all trying to outdo each other in a cash-splashing contest. Maybe we’ll even have a reality TV show—”Trillionaire Wars”—where they have to build the most extravagant fort or throw the biggest money cannon party! Of course, let’s sprinkle some realism onto this lavish cake: stock market ups and downs could throw a wrench (or a moose) into these predictions. Musk, bless him, isn’t quite basking in riches right now, as he’s down from his 2021 peak of $340 billion. This is partly thanks to Tesla stocks taking a little tumble and Twitter/X being worth less than a tent given away at a yard sale. So, keep your eyes on those stock tickers, and who knows? Maybe your wildest dreams of becoming a trillionaire after your next big TikTok video will come true sooner than we think! But for now, let’s just enjoy watching our hopeful billionaires reach for the stars… or at least, a really fancy yacht.
Original Source: fortune.com
