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Billion is a word for a large number, and it has two distinct definitions: 1,000,000,000 , i.e. one thousand million , or 10 9 (ten to the ninth power ), as defined on the short scale . This is now the most common sense of the word in all varieties of English; it has long been established in American English and has since become common in ...
Traditional British usage assigned new names for each power of one million (the long scale): 1,000,000 = 1 million; 1,000,000 2 = 1 billion; 1,000,000 3 = 1 trillion; and so on. It was adapted from French usage, and is similar to the system that was documented or invented by Chuquet .
The observable universe spans an incredible 93 billion light years (approximately 8.8 × 10 26 meters) and hosts around 5 × 10 22 stars, organized into roughly 125 billion galaxies (as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope). As a rough estimate, there are about 10 80 atoms within the observable universe. [7]
Michael Jordan, retired NBA star, $1.7 billion. Sheryl Sandberg, outgoing chief operating officer at Meta and former Google executive, $1.5 billion. Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO, $1.4 billion.
The corporation reported $16.3 billion in revenue for 2024 and $2.1 billion in net income. Revenue for the fourth quarter was $4.3 billion and adjusted earnings per share were $0.48.
The average American couple has saved this much money for retirement ... To date, the total value of savings announced by DOGE amounts to approximately $7 billion, The Economist said, with some ...
India's Lakshmi Mittal was the largest loser as his fortune dropped from $31.1 billion to $20.7 billion as the price of steelmaker ArcelorMittal fell sharply. [35] As a result, he failed to make the top 10 for the first time since 2004 and lost his title of richest Asian to Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing .
This ranks him close to Shark Tank star and serial investor Mark Cuban, who’s worth $7.86 billion, and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who’s worth $7.65 billion.