When will the net worth of the wealthiest billionaire exceed the number of people who ever lived?

[valerief]

Poll question: When will the net worth of the wealthiest billionaire exceed the number of people who ever lived?

Number of US dollar vs. number of heads.

The number of people (or useless eaters as the .01% call us) who have ever lived on Earth (107.6 billion) is still greater than the 2011 Forbes net worth of the wealthiest billionaire (74 billion US dollars).

http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/HowManyPeopleHaveEverLivedonEarth.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_billionaires

NUMBER WHO HAVE EVER BEEN BORN 107,602,707,791
World population in mid-2011 6,987,000,000
Percent of those ever born who are living in 2011 6.5

[Fumesucker]

1. It depends what currency you use..

If you use yen I suspect someone is already well over the number..

[valerief]

2. Oops. I put the US dollars in the wrong spot. Thanks. nt

[MADem]

3. You are equating "people" with dollar bills? That's disturbing.

I think people are priceless, in their own ways, by and large!

[valerief]

4. I'm playing with numbers. Lighten up, doodlehead!

:hi:

[MADem]

5. I just don't get it.

Assigning a dollar value to a person reminds me of pre-65 America.

By that, I mean 1865....

[valerief]

6. I don't understand why you think dollars are being assigned to people.

You're making an assumption I'm certainly not making. I guess I don't think that way, but you certainly do.

I'm comparing numbers in the billions.

[MADem]

7. Because you are comparing net worth to people, that's why.

Knock yourself out, I just don't quite get the point of it. That's all I am saying.

[valerief]

8. No. I'm not. nt

[MADem]

9. Well, ya coulda fooled me--you're looking at two numbers, and one is cash and the other is people.

All I know is what I read in your subject line.