Billionaire
noun
A person who has a net worth of one billion or more, in units of currency.
Jeff Bezos is a billionaire due to his ownership stake in Amazon.
Often appears as...
- becoming a billionaire
- billionaire entrepreneur
noun
A person who has a net worth of one billion or more, in units of currency.
Jeff Bezos is a billionaire due to his ownership stake in Amazon.
Often appears as...
- becoming a billionaire
- billionaire entrepreneur
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Pro Tip 1/3Currency Variance
The value of 'billionaire' changes depending on the currency; not every billionaire has the same wealth.
A billionaire in yen is not as wealthy as a billionaire in dollars.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Perception
'Billionaire' can have different reactions globally, some admire their success, others critique wealth inequality.
In some countries, billionaires are celebrated, while in others they are viewed with suspicion.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'billionaire' is used metaphorically to mean very abundant or rich in non-financial ways.
She is a billionaire in kindness.
Pro Tip 1/3Currency Variance
The value of 'billionaire' changes depending on the currency; not every billionaire has the same wealth.
A billionaire in yen is not as wealthy as a billionaire in dollars.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Perception
'Billionaire' can have different reactions globally, some admire their success, others critique wealth inequality.
In some countries, billionaires are celebrated, while in others they are viewed with suspicion.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'billionaire' is used metaphorically to mean very abundant or rich in non-financial ways.
She is a billionaire in kindness.
Pro Tip 1/3Currency Variance
The value of 'billionaire' changes depending on the currency; not every billionaire has the same wealth.
A billionaire in yen is not as wealthy as a billionaire in dollars.
Pro Tip 2/3Global Perception
'Billionaire' can have different reactions globally, some admire their success, others critique wealth inequality.
In some countries, billionaires are celebrated, while in others they are viewed with suspicion.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'billionaire' is used metaphorically to mean very abundant or rich in non-financial ways.
She is a billionaire in kindness.
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
Take the Hyperloop, the pet project of billionaire entrepreneurs and fringe scientists Forget the maglev train. They want to use magnetic levitation to transport capsules of people through depressurized tubes at speeds of up to 700 miles an hour. This would be the world's most efficient transport system if they can get it to work.
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Thomas Piketty: New...
and capital share. The other important issue is that there are scale effects in portfolio management, together with financial complexity, financial deregulation, that make it easier to get higher rates of return for a large portfolio, and this seems to be particularly strong for billionaires, large capital endowments.
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Celeste Headlee: 10 ways...
Now, I make my living talking to Nobel Prize winners, truck drivers, billionaires, kindergarten teachers, heads of state, plumbers. I talk to people that I like. I talk to people that I don't like. I talk to some people that I disagree with deeply on a personal level. But I still have a great conversation with them.
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Why giving away our...
But they really care deeply about the mission of the foundation, too. You've easily got enough money despite your vast contributions to the foundation to make them all billionaires. Is that your plan for them? Nope. No. They won't have anything like that. They need to have a sense
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How to be "Team Human"...
Find the others. Together, let's make the future that we always wanted. Oh, and those tech billionaires who wanted to know how to maintain control of their security force after the apocalypse, you know what I told them? "Start treating those people with love and respect right now.
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The power of passion -...
And I thought, boy, they've got it all wrong. Because I've interviewed many millionaires and billionaires, and guess how many of them said their life goal was to get rich? Zero! They didn't do it for money, they did it for love. They went for the zing, not the ka-ching ka-ching.
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Elon Musk: A future...
There are many other people out there who can't stand this world of billionaires. Like, they are hugely offended by the notion that an individual can have the same wealth as, say, a billion or more of the world's poorest people. If they examine sort of --
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The Obsession of the...
this is the story of how money made us modern how it opened the globe and spread ideologies transforming the ancient world into a complex civilization of merchants mercenaries industrialists and billionaires this is origins
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What's so sexy about...
the Americans are by a long shot the world champions, with clever, emblematic billionaires and amazing, giant companies, all resting, ultimately, on good algorithm. Now with all this beauty, usefulness and wealth,
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A new generation of...
raped her and told the world in detail what she went through in living her experience publicly she made it impossible for us to look away so I we created billionaires of moments calm as
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
Take the Hyperloop, the pet project of billionaire entrepreneurs and fringe scientists Forget the maglev train. They want to use magnetic levitation to transport capsules of people through depressurized tubes at speeds of up to 700 miles an hour. This would be the world's most efficient transport system if they can get it to work.
Video examples
Thomas Piketty: New...
and capital share. The other important issue is that there are scale effects in portfolio management, together with financial complexity, financial deregulation, that make it easier to get higher rates of return for a large portfolio, and this seems to be particularly strong for billionaires, large capital endowments.
Video examples
Celeste Headlee: 10 ways...
Now, I make my living talking to Nobel Prize winners, truck drivers, billionaires, kindergarten teachers, heads of state, plumbers. I talk to people that I like. I talk to people that I don't like. I talk to some people that I disagree with deeply on a personal level. But I still have a great conversation with them.
Video examples
Why giving away our...
But they really care deeply about the mission of the foundation, too. You've easily got enough money despite your vast contributions to the foundation to make them all billionaires. Is that your plan for them? Nope. No. They won't have anything like that. They need to have a sense
Video examples
How to be "Team Human"...
Find the others. Together, let's make the future that we always wanted. Oh, and those tech billionaires who wanted to know how to maintain control of their security force after the apocalypse, you know what I told them? "Start treating those people with love and respect right now.
Video examples
The power of passion -...
And I thought, boy, they've got it all wrong. Because I've interviewed many millionaires and billionaires, and guess how many of them said their life goal was to get rich? Zero! They didn't do it for money, they did it for love. They went for the zing, not the ka-ching ka-ching.
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
There are many other people out there who can't stand this world of billionaires. Like, they are hugely offended by the notion that an individual can have the same wealth as, say, a billion or more of the world's poorest people. If they examine sort of --
Video examples
The Obsession of the...
this is the story of how money made us modern how it opened the globe and spread ideologies transforming the ancient world into a complex civilization of merchants mercenaries industrialists and billionaires this is origins
Video examples
What's so sexy about...
the Americans are by a long shot the world champions, with clever, emblematic billionaires and amazing, giant companies, all resting, ultimately, on good algorithm. Now with all this beauty, usefulness and wealth,
Video examples
A new generation of...
raped her and told the world in detail what she went through in living her experience publicly she made it impossible for us to look away so I we created billionaires of moments calm as
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Jon Lovitz
American Actor
I agreed with everything he was saying when he ran for president. I was listening to what he said. I go, this guy thinks like me and I agree with him. Now he's changing. All he keeps saying is millionaires and billionaires don't pay their fair share of taxes.
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Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
I am bowled over by the massive number of remarkable people who face down the fact that no, they are not going to be film directors, famous artists, or billionaire entrepreneurs and still come out the other side as cheerful, decent, gracious human beings.
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Gemma Collins
English Celebrity
I walk around like I'm a billionaire, I believe in the universe, I never worry about money and that's why money comes to me.
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Teresa Giudice
American Celebrity
I'm really, truly, deep down happy for my friends when they do well. I want them to all succeed and be billionaires.
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Foster Friess
American Businessman
The press called me a billionaire, and my wife came up and said I must be squirreling money away.
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Geezer Butler
English Musician
It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world.
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Kirstie Alley
American Actress
I want to be a billionaire, and then I want to change something in the world for real.
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Edwin Soeryadjaya
Indonesian Businessman
We would be billionaires, but we took responsibility for Summa's failure.
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Draymond Green
American Athlete
Every decision I make is, 'How is this helping me become a billionaire?
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Birdman
American Musician
One of my motivations in life is to be a billionaire.
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Jon Lovitz
American Actor
I agreed with everything he was saying when he ran for president. I was listening to what he said. I go, this guy thinks like me and I agree with him. Now he's changing. All he keeps saying is millionaires and billionaires don't pay their fair share of taxes.
Quote examples
Lionel Shriver
American Journalist
I am bowled over by the massive number of remarkable people who face down the fact that no, they are not going to be film directors, famous artists, or billionaire entrepreneurs and still come out the other side as cheerful, decent, gracious human beings.
Quote examples
Gemma Collins
English Celebrity
I walk around like I'm a billionaire, I believe in the universe, I never worry about money and that's why money comes to me.
Quote examples
Teresa Giudice
American Celebrity
I'm really, truly, deep down happy for my friends when they do well. I want them to all succeed and be billionaires.
Quote examples
Foster Friess
American Businessman
The press called me a billionaire, and my wife came up and said I must be squirreling money away.
Quote examples
Geezer Butler
English Musician
It doesn't matter who you vote for. It's still the same billionaires that run the world.
Quote examples
Kirstie Alley
American Actress
I want to be a billionaire, and then I want to change something in the world for real.
Quote examples
Edwin Soeryadjaya
Indonesian Businessman
We would be billionaires, but we took responsibility for Summa's failure.
Quote examples
Draymond Green
American Athlete
Every decision I make is, 'How is this helping me become a billionaire?
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Birdman
American Musician
One of my motivations in life is to be a billionaire.
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