Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Man is deposited $92,233,720,368,547,800 into account by PayPal. Becomes an instant quadrillionaire


A US man was briefly the richest person in the world after a Paypal error saw a 17-figure sum deposited into his account. 

Delaware resident Chris Reynolds received an email from the online money transfer company last Friday saying his account balance was $92,233,720,368,547,800, Philly.com reports.

The deposit would have seen him become an overnight quadrillionaire with a wealth far eclipsing the world’s richest man, Bill Gates, whose personal fortune is approximately $73.9 billion.

"At first I thought I owed quadrillions. It was quite a big surprise," Mr Reynolds told the newspaper .... http://refreshingnews99.blogspot.in