Trill Seeker

On the eve of what could be the crowning of the world’s first trillionaire, the WSJ (Gift Article) tries to put that number into perspective. “1 trillion pennies? That’s a flight to the moon. And back. Twice.” You Have No Idea What a Trillion Dollars Is—and We Have Proof. “Not long ago, the word trillionaire only appeared in The Wall Street Journal as hyperbole. It was an obviously exaggerated way of describing an inconceivable fortune—like calling someone a bazillionaire. But now that SpaceX is going public, it might just be something we call Elon Musk.”

+ SpaceX’s IPO is expected to make more than 4,000 employees millionaires.

+ Meanwhile… “The condemnation over anti-immigrant riots in Northern Ireland was being matched by another growing outrage in Britain on Thursday: that the world’s richest person was inciting the violence.” He’s definitely the richest. He may also be the most dangerous.

+ Yesterday, I led with an overview of what’s happening in Northern Ireland. Belfast and the Furious.