27 September 2009

How would you spend over one sextillion dollars?

Dalton Chiscolm sued Bank of America for a lot of money, complaining about poor service.

Chiscolm asked for 1,784 billion, trillion dollars. A billion is 1 followed by nine zeroes. A trillion is 1 followed by 12 zeroes. Multiplied, that would be 1 followed by 21 zeroes - a sextillion.

$1,784,000,000,000,000,000,000

or one point seven eight four sextillion dollars.

More money than that bank would realistically own or indeed every other bank on the planet combined.

What on earth did Mr Chiscolm expect he could buy with all that money?

See Reuters.

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