centibillionaire

English

Etymology

From centi- (“hundred”) +‎ billionaire.

Noun

centibillionaire (plural centibillionaires)

1. (rare) A person whose net worth is greater than one hundred billion (10¹¹) dollars, or other currency.

   Synonym: hectobillionaire

   • 2002 October 24, Miftosyo, “Re: NR? Did you see the cover of People magazine?”, in soc.singles‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Of course we can never know these things for sure, but Oprah being the world's first black woman billionaire is just as certain as Bill Gates being the world's first centibillionaire (he was briefly at his peak).

   • 2020 August 7, Jason Murdock, “Zuckerberg Becomes Centibillionaire after Trump Threatens TikTok Ban, Instagram Reels Launches”, in Newsweek‎^[2]:

     With TikTok's future now increasingly unclear, and Facebook reporting a stronger than expected performance in Q2, Zuckerberg is now a centibillionaire, joining Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in the $100 billion club, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

   • 2020 November 25, Farhad Manjoo, “Even in a Pandemic, the Billionaires Are Winning”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     Two years ago, Bezos was the only “centibillionaire” on earth — the trendy neologism for people whose wealth exceeds $100 billion. Now there are five — in addition to Bezos, there’s Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault, the French luxury tycoon.

Related terms

• centibillion
• centimillionaire
• decabillionaire