The first trillionaire - maybe in a few years

'The first trillionaire in the world can appear within the next 25 years only' , predicts a financial analysts quoted by Business Insider. Of course, many expect this to be the founder of Microsoft and the richest man in the world Bill Gates. If the wealth of the richest in the world continues to grow at the current pace, supported by the rapid creation of wealth in developing economies like India and China , the status of Gates or some other super-rich of the planet can swell to 1 trillion dollars by 2039, according to some estimates.

Others, such as the investment bank Credit Suisse, believe that there will be only 11 trillionaires within two generations. "Future extrapolation of current growth rate of the current wealth gives nearly 1 billion millionaires in two generations , which is equal to 20 % of the total adult population ," calculated by the bank.

"If this scenario unfolds billionaires will be more and more common and we will likely have several trillionaires, 11 according to our calculations." $1 trillion is 1 million million , or 1 000 000 000 000 . This is enough money to buy every square meter property in central London at today's prices , according to the British newspaper The Times. 58 -year-old Gates is now the richest man in the world with a fortune estimated at 77 billion dollars.

If the wealth in the United States continues to grow at the current rate and the few richest people continue to increase their share in it in an increasingly polarized economy, Gates stands to gain the title of " first trilioner in the world" when he is old. The proportion of the 400 richest Americans of the total wealth in the U.S. has more than tripled from less than 1% to 3 % since the preparation of Forbes magazine ranking of 1982

According to the U.S. tax lawyer Bob Lord , who writes for Inequality.org, enhanced concentration of global wealth will lead to the emergence of the first trilioner only within a quarter of a century . According to him, this will probably happen in 2039. When Forbes began to prepare the ranking of the 400 richest Americans , 75 million dollars have been sufficient amount to get in the prestigious , albeit in her bottom today need at least $ 1 billion.

Other contenders for the title " first trilioner in the World" are Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim and the legendary U.S. investor Warren Buffett.

"The first will be trilioner inventor , creator of something that changes the world, Bill Gates made ​​a personal computer ," according to Williams. " This could be a solution to the global problem , the lack of fresh water , or something that the world is not aware that it needs, such as Facebook", he added.

According to Williams, it is almost certain that the first trillionaire in the world will be located in the U.S., where the accumulation of wealth is the strongest .

Others, however, suggest that the next generation of super-rich can occur in rapidly growing economies such as India .