hectobillionaire
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person whose net worth is greater than one hundred billion (10¹¹) dollars, or other currency.
Example Sentences
- "Last month, Bloomberg reported that Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post, has accumulated a fortune worth $150 billion. That is the biggest nominal amount in modern history, and extraordinary any way you slice it. Bezos is the world’s lone hectobillionaire."
- "TRUE OR FALSE: the founder Jeff Bezos is the world’s first and only hectobillionaire."
- "Other oft-mentioned billionaires, including Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg, are approaching “hectobillionaire” — $100 billion — status as well. […] In this conventional view, not only should billionaires exist, but hectobillionaires make for no big deal, either. The next step up from hectobillionaire would be, of course, trillionaire status."
- "In the meantime, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man and already its sole hectobillionaire (since 2018), is predicted to become its first trillionaire by 2026."
- "The nine current wealthiest Americans today — all white men — each hold a net worth above or rapidly approaching the $100 billion mark. Two of these “hectobillionaires,” Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, hold around $200 billion."
- "Dave Chappelle had a treat for attendees at his comedy show in San Francisco last night. He brought attention-starved hectobillionaire Elon Musk on stage."
Etymology
From hecto- + billionaire.