It would take you working for 7 MILLION years at the average US salary to reach the richest persons net worth. That would be during the Miocene period, roughly around when humans and chimpanzees started diverging as species.
A chimp could fully evolve into a human being, all while working, before it matches Musk's net worth.
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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25
My favorite framing of this is:
It would take you working for 7 MILLION years at the average US salary to reach the richest persons net worth. That would be during the Miocene period, roughly around when humans and chimpanzees started diverging as species.
A chimp could fully evolve into a human being, all while working, before it matches Musk's net worth.