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List of centibillionaires (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by can@sh.itjust.works to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Common usage--abetted by Merriam-Webster--notwithstanding, "centi-" is the System International (essentially the US Metric System) prefix for "divided by 100", and has been for at least 6 decades, and hence is incorrectly used here; "centibillionare" actually means "has 1/100 of $1B". The correct term is "hectobillionaire".

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[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago

The list got far longer after 2020. Hmm, I wonder if it has to do with the cost of everything going up rapidly.