As we’ve been reporting<\/a>, if share sales in SpaceX reach or exceed the company’s suggested price of $135 (\u00a3100), founder Elon Musk will become the world’s first trillionaire. Let’s breakdown what this means: <\/p>\nA trillion is a thousand billion. That’s a one followed by 12 zeros. 1,000,000,000,000. <\/p>\n
But how does this unimaginable sum compare with some real life things we actually know the value of?<\/p>\n
To put it into context, the personal wealth of King Charles is thought to be less than $1bn (\u00a3740m), while the world\u2019s most valuable sports team, the Dallas Cowboys, is estimated to be worth $13bn, and the ride-hailing giant Uber has a market value of about $142bn.<\/p>\n
It would take the average US worker 16.3 million years to earn \u00a31tn.<\/p>\n
$1tn is roughly the value of the entire Swiss economy.<\/p>\n
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