A man who became the richest man in the world for just two minutes due to a glitch, has said he knows what he would have done with the money.
Chris Reynolds from was checking his PayPal account back in 2013, where he was expecting to see $140 that he had stored there.
However, to his shock he opened the account to a whopping $92 quadrillion more.
The exact figure that flashed up on the screen was $92,233,720,368,547,800 (£81,000,000,000,000,000).
Not only was he briefly the world’s richest man, he was also the world’s first quadrillionaire.
Chris Reynolds from Pennsylvania was checking his PayPal account back in 2013, where he was expecting to see $140 that he had stored there
The exact figure that flashed up on the screen was $92,233,720,368,547,800 (£81,000,000,000,000,000)
When asked by the Philadelphia Daily News what he would have spent the money on, Chris, who sells auto parts in his spare time, said he would have used it to ‘pay the national debt down’
At first, Chris was worried as he thought the banking app was telling him he owed someone trillions of pounds
At first, Chris was worried as he thought the banking app was telling him he owed someone trillions of pounds.
He posted the bank statement on Facebook to try to find answers, where someone rightfully pointed out that the figure was listed under ‘credit’ not ‘debt’.
Before this, the most money he had ever seen in his account was ‘a little over $1,000’ for selling a set of vintage BMW tires on eBay,
However, Chris’ quadrillionaire status was very short lived – two minutes long to be exact.
He quickly discovered that it was a glitch on PayPal’s end when he logged back into his account to find the balance had gone down to $0.
Since the money was revoked, he’s had plenty of time to dream of what he could have splashed the cash on, though it’s not what you would expect.
When asked by the Philadelphia Daily News what he would have spent the money on, Chris, who sells auto parts in his spare time, said he would have used it to ‘pay the national debt down’.
He added: ‘Then I would Buy Verified Revolut Account the Phillies, if I could get a great price’ and that the experience made him feel ‘like a million bucks’.
Chris quickly discovered that it was a glitch on PayPal’s end when he logged back into his account to find the balance had gone down to $0
PayPal said in a statement: ‘This is obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr.Reynolds understood this was the case’
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American Professional baseball team based in Philadelphia.
They have an estimated value of 2.58 billion U.S. dollars – well within Chris’ brief quadrillionaire price range.
PayPal said in a statement: ‘This is obviously an error and we appreciate that Mr.Reynolds understood this was the case.’
The company also offered to donate an undisclosed amount of money to a charity chosen by Chris.
Thankfully, Chris found humour in the ordeal, saying it could have happened because ‘someone was having fun.’
PayPal added in a later statement: ‘We think it’s inspiring that he decided to use this occurrence to donate to a cause he believes in.
‘And we hope to honor this spirit by donating to a cause of his choice – we’ve reached out to him to make this offer and to let him know we are grateful that he’s a customer!’