The First Trillionaire Family

The Race is On!!!

I thought it would be a fun to predict the outcome of a "race" among today's top Billionaire families jockeying for position to be the first Trillion Aires, and how many years it will take to receive the title, "The Richest of the Rich." There is no surprise which family prances into the Winner's Circle, but what generation (generation X) of this iconic family will actually "get there" and, how far behind are all the others?

To enter the best competition for the race, I used "Forbes" list of top 20 billionaires dated March, 2007.

The formula is simple, but the results are mind-staggering. I used yearly income averaging over their lifetime thus far to arrive at a top 20 list of generation "Xs". For my predictions, I rounded numbers. After all, when the numbers are this big, who cares about a few million bucks.

(Current world standings per Forbes article)

Here's how I'd place my bets:

To Win:

(1) Bill Gates III, generation "X" predicted for 2883.

To Place:

(3) Carlos Sim Helu, generation "X" predicted for 3283.

To Show:

(2) Warren Buffet, generation "X" predicted for 3383.

4^th place honors goes to (5) Lakshmi Mittal. Generation "X" predicted for 3708.

5^th place honors goes to (16) Roman Abramovich. Generation "X" predicted for 4058.

For 6^th and 7^th place there is a photo finish between:

(10) David Thomson and (7) Bernard Arnett. Generation "X" predicted for 4158.

Don't count these men out. Coming up from the rear are:

8^th place (4) Ingvar Kamrud, generation "X" predicted for 4333. In 9^th place is (14) Mukesh Ambani, generation "X" predicted for 4383, and in 10^th place, (13) Prince Alwalweed bin Tal Alsaud, generation "X" is predicted for 4458.

I have little hope these deserving "jockeys" can come from behind, but they definitely have earned "Honorable Mentions"

11^th place (18) Anil Anbani, generation "X" predicted for 4608.

12^th place, (6) Sheldon Adelson, generation "X" predicted for 4633.

13^th place (11) Lawerence Ellison, generation "X" predicted for 4758.

14^th place (8) Amancio Ortega, generation "X" predicted for 4883.

15^th place (19) Paul Allen, generation "X" predicted for 4993.