PayPal makes one of its customers the richest man in the world
For a while there he could have easily paid off the national debt and still had far more money left than the richest men in the world – Bill Gates with $73.9 billion and Carlos Slim with $67.7 billion.
PAYPAL ACCIDENTALLY MAKES MAN A QUADRILLIONAIRE AFTER TRANSFERRING $92,233,720,368,547,800 INTO HIS ACCOUNT
Chris Reynolds left shocked after opening his monthly-statement
By Anthony Bond
Mail Online
July 17, 2013
As a regular PayPal customer, Chris Reynolds spends no more than $100 a month.
So when the 56-year-old checked his balance with the online money-transfer company recently, it was something of a surprise for him to be told he was a quadrillionaire - making him the world's richest man.
Mr Reynolds, from Delaware County, opened his monthly-statement by email on Friday to discover that his balance was a whopping $92,233,720,368,547,800.
Speaking to the Philadelphia Daily News, Mr Reynolds said he was taken aback by the figure.
'I'm just feeling like a million bucks' he said. 'At first I thought that I owed quadrillions.'
Mr Reynolds has been using PayPal for 10 years and uses it to buy and sell items on eBay, including vintage car parts.
After overcoming his shock, he logged onto the PayPal site and saw that his balance was listed as zero.
But this has not stopped him from imagining what he would have done with the money.
Mr Reynolds, who owns a public-relations firm with his wife, said he would have paid off the U.S debt.
As reported by Philly.com, he said: 'I'm a very responsible guy. I would pay the national debt down first.'
He also said he would buy the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team.
However, the apparent good wealth did leave Mr Reynolds feeling somewhat charitable.
He donated $30 to the Democratic slate for Delaware County Council shortly after opening the email.
A PayPal spokesman said the company does not discuss customer-account information for privacy reasons.
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