How Many Trillionaires Are There? A Look At The World’S Richest People

Right now, there are no trillionaires in the world.

While there are many billionaires, achieving trillionaire status is a whole other level of wealth. To become a trillionaire, someone would need to have a net worth of at least $1,000,000,000,000 (that’s a one followed by twelve zeros!). It’s a mind-boggling amount of money, even for the world’s wealthiest individuals.

Even the richest person in the world, Elon Musk, is still a long way from hitting the trillionaire mark. He’s currently worth somewhere around $200 billion. So, while it might seem like a trillionaire could be right around the corner, the reality is that it’s still a monumental achievement that would require an unprecedented level of wealth accumulation.

However, with the way the world’s economy is growing and the potential for new technologies to disrupt industries, who knows what the future holds? Maybe we will see a trillionaire in our lifetime. But for now, we can only speculate.