There were some emails about my article about being able to feed 40 billion people with today’s agricultural productivity. Food, energy, water, and ecosystems are connected. The complexity of those systems is secondary. Why do people have large families? What is happening within countries that go from poor and breeding to wealthy and stabilized? Very …
There are huge multi-trillion dollar opportunities developing with Space and the further evolution of the internet. Space launch and space satellites were already a $300 billion per year industry. Cloud Computing is a $200 billion market in 2018. Global Internet services is a $600 billion market. The Global IT market is nearing $5 trillion in …
In 2017, China’s purchase of luxury goods was equal to the USA and Japan combined. By 2024, China luxury goods purchases almost to the level of the USA, Europe and Japan combined. Consumers in China spent $118.39 billion on luxury goods in 2017. In 2017, Americans bought $81.2 billion in luxury goods and Japanese bought …
Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma on Monday afternoon. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. announced that he died in Seattle at 65 years old. Paul Allen has previously donated $500+ million to brain research $1 billion to Artificial Intelligence research $100 million to fight Ebola Paul Allen donated the seed money to build …
A Ping An Group spinoff has launched an online platform aimed at wealthy Singaporean clients. China’s largest companies are developing business in Southeast Asian and other international markets using cutting-edge technology. Leading Chinese wealth management group Shanghai Lujiazui International Financial Asset Exchange (Lufax) is owned by Ping An, China’s second-largest insurer. The Lu Global mobile …
Nextbigfuture wrote two days ago that its favorite pick of Japanese Billionaries was Yusaku Maezawa. SpaceX just announced he was the one who would be the SpaceX BFR tourist who will fly around the moon. Lasting about a week, the journey will come as close as 125 miles to the Moon’s surface before completing lunar …
On Monday, there will be an announcement from SpaceX of moon orbiting tourist. The word is that the tourist is from Japan. The cost of the flight will probably be over $150 million. UPDATE: The Japanese billionaire was announced as Yusaku Maezawa. So Nextbigfuture was correct in calling him as my favorite. The first private …
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, richest man in the world, and his wife have launched a $2 billion fund to help the homeless. They will create a network of nonprofit preschools in low-income communities. Jeff Bezos ($164 billion) has a higher net worth then Bill Gates ($98 billion) and Mark Zuckerberg ($64 billion) combined. pic.twitter.com/2GlgjztK1u — …
There are 3.7 billion people in the global middle class ($11-110 per day in PPP). This is 48% of the world’s population. An additional 190 million (2.5%) are richer than global middle class. The world population is 7.65 billion. The wealthy and the middle class are 3.9 billion today. World population will reach 8.5 billion …
Most of Tesla’s existing shareholders believe Tesla is better off as a public company. Elon Musk is leaving Tesla as a private company for now. Given the feedback I’ve received, it’s apparent that most of Tesla’s existing shareholders believe we are better off as a public company. Additionally, a number of institutional shareholders have explained …
The IMF’s World Economic Outlook Update predicts Macau will behave the world’s highest per capita GDP of US$143,116 in 2020. Qatar will be second with US$139,151. Qatar has a population of 2.5 million. Macau has a population of 650,000. Macau should have 750,000 in 2025. The GDP of Macau would be about $95 billion in …