billionaire

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Etymology

From billion +‎ -aireCategory:English terms suffixed with -aire#BILLIONAIRE.

Pronunciation

Noun

billionaire (plural billionaires)Category:English lemmas#BILLIONAIRECategory:English nouns#BILLIONAIRECategory:English countable nouns#BILLIONAIRECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BILLIONAIRECategory:Pages with entries#BILLIONAIRECategory:Pages with 1 entry#BILLIONAIRE

  1. Somebody whose wealth is at least one billion (109) currency units.
    Synonym: (rare) milliardaire
    • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 19 April 2020, page 70:
      Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
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    • 2025 January 19, Tami Luhby, “Get ready for the world’s first trillionaires”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 28 February 2025:
      The ranks of the billionaire class last year grew by just over 200 to nearly 2,770 people. Their wealth skyrocketed by $2.1 trillion — three times faster than the year before — to a total of $15 trillion. In the United States alone, where 816 billionaires reside, the net worth of this group soared by $1.4 trillion.
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