How much is a Billion Dollars?

1 billion is 1 thousand millions and 1 trillion is 1 thousand billions.

A billion dollars is a lot of cash. Well, that depends on who you speak to. William Gates made a cool 50 billon last year. That translates to $416,666,666 a month. Bill Gates is the visionary sultan of Microsoft. According to Forbes there are 793 billionaires across the globe in 2005.

A billion is a difficult number to visualize, let’s put a billion into perspective:
A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

How long would it take to count to one billion?
If you count one number a second without stopping until you reach a billion. That task would take you 31 years, 259 days, 1 hours, 46 minutes, and 40 seconds.

US National Debt Facts
Every 8 hours and 20 minutes, the U.S. Government spends another billion dollars.
Of course, the current public debt is well over $8.3 trillion dollars.

Ever wonder what is the US national debt, us national debt clock?

Ever wonder how much is a million?