article_snippet: The predictions come as Forbes released Forbes billionaires list this week with Bill Gates - who is widely expected to become the world's first trillionaire - at the top with a worth of $79.2 billion.
article_snippet: If the U.S. national wealth continues to grow at the U.S. national wealth current rate, Gates, who saw his fortune grow by $4.2 billion in the past year alone, could well reach the eye-watering figure in his old age.
article_snippet: Microsoft's Bill Gates topped Forbes billionaire list earlier this week and Engineer Peter Diamandis could well be the first person to become a trillionaire.
article_snippet: In International investment bank Credit Suisse list this week, Forbes  identified a record 1,826 billionaires - up from 1,645 last year - with a combined net worth of $7.05 trillion.
article_snippet: Gates has topped the list for 16 of the last 21 years.
article_snippet: In second place was telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu, who has a net worth of $77.1 billion.
article_snippet: Third was investor Warren Buffett, who moved up one slot this year with a net worth of $72.7 billion.
article_snippet: investor Warren Buffett, who moved up one slot this year with a net worth of $72.7 billion still have a way to go, but among the youngest billionaires, who could well have investor Warren Buffett, who moved up one slot this year with a net worth of $72.7 billion eye on that trillion dollar mark, are Uber founder Travis Kalanik, worth $5.3 billion, Rockstar Energy drinks founder Russ Weiner, worth $2.1 billion, and Airbnb founder, Brian Chesky, worth $2 billion.
highlights_snippet: Forbes released Forbes billionaires list this week, raising questions over how far away the world's first trillionaire could be .
  