A famous song and a quiz show , "Who wants to be a millionaire?" For decades, a million dollars was the goal of the super-rich. Now, the goal a billion dollars. The anti-poverty charity Oxfam has just a report that says in the next ten years, the world will its first trillionaire. A trillion is a huge number and an unbelievable amount of money. It is a one, by 12 zeros. A trillion is equal to one million million. The charity said that the wealth gap between the rich and poor is . It said the gap has been "" since the coronavirus pandemic. It added: "We will have a trillionaire within a decade, whereas to poverty, we more than 200 years."
Oxfam about inequality at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. As an example, it said the world's five richest people have their wealth increase by 114 per cent since 2020. A charity spokesperson said: "The top five billionaires have their wealth. On the other hand, almost five billion people have poorer." Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the richest man on the planet. He a personal fortune of just under $250 billion. The AP news agency said: "If someone does that trillion-dollar milestone, he or she would the same value as oil-rich Saudi Arabia." Oxfam said the world is now at the of a "decade of division". It for a "new era of public action" to the wealth gap.
