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a number that always needs one more zero to feel safe.
means Having a lot of money or valuable assets — or, more loosely, being abundant in something good, like flavor, color, or detail.
from From Old English 'rice,' meaning powerful or mighty, which back then was as much about ruling as about owning. It's tangled up with the same ancient root that gives us 'Reich' in German and the '-ric' in 'bishopric,' all pointing to dominion and reach. The shift from 'powerful' to 'wealthy' makes a quiet kind of sense — those who held power usually held the gold too. The French 'riche' (also from a Germanic source) likely reinforced the spelling and sense along the way.
- never enough
- Most wealthy people feel financially insecure regardless
- old money
- Quiet luxury exists to avoid looking new-rich
- sleep cost
- The poor often sleep better than billionaires
- word origin
- From Proto-Germanic meaning powerful, not wealthy
- time wealth
- True riches measured in unscheduled hours, not dollars
elon musk — net worth ~$195 billion as of 2024, world's wealthiest person
bernard arnault — lvmh luxury goods empire, net worth ~$211 billion as of 2024
mukesh ambani — reliance industries chairman, net worth ~$93 billion, richest person in asia
jeff bezos — amazon founder, net worth ~$201 billion as of 2024