You've probably seen the Reddit threads. Maybe it was a YouTube video with a scrolling bar chart or a guy counting grains of rice to represent Jeff Bezos' wealth. These visual stunts go viral for one reason: normal people can't wrap their heads around billionaire money. But even those fall short of capturing just how far ahead Elon Musk is.

He's not just rich. He's the richest person alive. As of now, Forbes estimates Musk's net worth at $424.7 billion—mostly from Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, xAI, and every other empire he's casually juggling.

Now let's make this painful.

The median U.S. salary is $61,984. If you earned that exact amount every year—without spending a cent—it would take you 6,851,768 years to match Musk's net worth.

Let that number sit.

For comparison, modern Homo sapiens have existed for about 300,000 years. One of our earliest known ancestors, Australopithecus afarensis—nicknamed Lucy—walked the Earth 3.2 million years ago, according to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. You could have started earning the median salary back then and still be nowhere near Musk's bank account.

The math here assumes annual income, not hourly work. So forget 40-hour workweeks or overtime. This is based on a full year of pre-tax, pre-life, pre-anything earnings, stacked for nearly 7 million years.

It's wealth on a geologic scale.

Sure, Musk's net worth fluctuates with Tesla stock and private company valuations. But even on a "bad" day, he's playing a game that isn't relatable. Most people are worrying about 5% raises. He's watching billions go up or down depending on how Cybertruck memes are trending.

According to Forbes, the planet has 2,781 billionaires—as of their 38th Annual World's Billionaires List published in October.. And even among that elite crowd, Musk isn't just at the top—he's in another financial galaxy. The gap between Musk and the second-richest billionaire is often larger than the total net worth of hundreds of the world's poorest billionaires combined.

So next time you see someone try to visualize billionaire wealth—stretching cash down a highway or stacking rice to the moon—just remember: even those stunts are underestimating it.

And if you're earning the median salary? You're not behind. You're on a completely different evolutionary timeline.

The Nigerian Aliko Dangote's net worth has surged, according to Forbes. As of February 18, 2025, his wealth is estimated to be $24 billion.

This significant increase is largely due to his 92.3% stake in Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals.

This new estimate ranks him as the wealthiest person in Africa and the 86th richest person globally. Interestingly, his net worth has nearly doubled from $13.4 billion in 2024.

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#Update.
Uganda Airlines management are counting losses despite adding more destinations.
They say account books show a net loss of Shs237 billion in 2024 the equivalent of Shs700M daily.

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