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In 2013, Chris Reynolds from the US logged into his PayPal account and was stunned to see a balance of 92 quadrillion dollars—making him briefly the richest man on Earth
The amount was one million times more than the wealth of then-richest man Carlos Slim. (News18 Marathi)
We all, at times, wish for a miracle that could make us rich without putting much effort into the work, so rich that we could buy anything without looking at price tags and live a life free of worries.
In such moments, people often dream of winning the lottery or suddenly having crores of rupees deposited in their bank accounts, wiping away all tension. But deep down, we know such things rarely happen in real life. However, did you know there was once a man who became the richest person in history but for just two minutes? This isn’t a fantasy but a true incident.
This unusual event occurred in the year 2013. Chris Reynolds, an ordinary man from the United States of America, logged into his PayPal account one morning as he normally did. But what he saw on the screen left him breathless. His account showed a balance of 92 quadrillion dollars (more than Rs 70,000 crore).
In that moment, he became the richest person in the world. The amount was one million times more than the wealth of then-richest man Carlos Slim. Compared to this, even business tycoons like Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault seemed modest.
But of course, life isn’t quite so simple. The astronomical sum vanished from Chris’s account within just two minutes. PayPal had discovered the error and immediately corrected the mistaken transaction. Chris returned to being an “ordinary” man once again.
When asked by the media what he would have done had he actually received the money, Chris responded sincerely, “I would have paid off my country’s debt.” Chris Reynolds’s story reminds us that while unbelievable things can happen, the real essence of life lies in honest work and the fulfilment of simple dreams, not in fleeting fantasies.
