Centibillionaire (misuse of metric prefixes?)

[robphy]

Apparently "centibillionaire" is a term to describe someone worth over $100 billiion ([itex] 100\cdot 10^9 \rm\ dollars =10^{11}\rm\ dollars[/itex]=$100,000,000,000).
(from 2019) https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephe...e-can-teach-you-about-investing/#30d7cdd98cff
(from today [Aug 7] in 2020) https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/tech/mark-zuckerberg-net-worth-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-08-07T10:29:03&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNi
with Mark Zuckerberg joining Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.

Since a centimeter = [itex] 10^{-2}\rm\ meters [/itex] = (0.01 meters),
centibillionaire would, by analogy, mean (0.01 billionaire), someone worth [itex] 10^{-2} \cdot 10^{9}\rm\ dollars = 10^{7}\rm\ dollars [/itex]=$10,000,000.

Instead they should use one of these terms:
hecto-billionaire = [itex] 10^{+2} \cdot 10^{9}\rm\ dollars = 10^{11}\rm\ dollars [/itex]
or
deci-trillionaire = [itex] 10^{-1} \cdot 10^{12}\rm\ dollars = 10^{11}\rm\ dollars [/itex]

Admittedly, apart from metric prefixes, there may be other terms that one may wish to use.

 

[256bits]

Well, that's the "inconsistant" metric system for you.
Made in Europe no doubt.
They just tacked on a "th" on the end of hundred to make it mean hundredth.

By metric, a centipede should have only one hundredth of a leg.
And a millipede.
Now you have got me wondering if a century really is 100 years.

Bring back the english system!