# Jeff Bezos Could Become World's First Trillionaire

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**Created:** [May 15, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/jeff-bezos-could-become-worlds-first-trillionaire/86619 "2020-05-15T11:14:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/jeff-bezos-could-become-worlds-first-trillionaire/86619/1 "2020-05-15T11:14:36Z")

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[hcs\_$reboot](https://news.slashdot.org/~hcs_%24reboot) writes:

_The world’s first trillionaire [will likely be Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/05/14/jeff-bezos-worlds-first-trillionaire-sparks-heated-debate/5189161002/). Projections show Bezos reaching trillionaire status by 2026. [Comparisun, a company which allows small- to medium-size firms to compare different business products] said [their projection](https://www.comparisun.com/resources/the-trillion-dollar-club/) is based on taking the average percentage of yearly growth over the past five years and applying it to future years. “The projection has [sparked](https://twitter.com/Thomas_A_Moore/status/1260788716693487616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Ftech%2F2020%2F05%2F14%2Fjeff-bezos-worlds-first-trillionaire-sparks-heated-debate%2F5189161002%2F) [anger](https://twitter.com/forevertawl/status/1260620663657762816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Ftech%2F2020%2F05%2F14%2Fjeff-bezos-worlds-first-trillionaire-sparks-heated-debate%2F5189161002%2F) [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/GordonDimmack/status/1260827289081823232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Ftech%2F2020%2F05%2F14%2Fjeff-bezos-worlds-first-trillionaire-sparks-heated-debate%2F5189161002%2F), noting how many people are financially struggling during the coronavirus pandemic as Bezos rakes in billions of dollars,” reports USA Today._

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**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/jeff-bezos-could-become-worlds-first-trillionaire/86619/2 "2020-05-15T11:18:04Z")

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