Elon Musk just seems to get wealthier and wealthier, and is on track to become the planet's first ever trillionaire by 2024.At least, that's what he thinks.
According to research by finance experts at Money.co.uk, one wily entrepreneur from the hit Nintendo game Animal Crossing has already beaten Musk to the chase.Tom Nook, the game's uncompromising hard-nosed business raccoon tycoon, has combined assets totalling more than £245 trillion in value.Nook may be a cute-looking raccoon, but he has his fingers in many pies, with players around the world relying on him for mobile phone and banking services and even access to Animal Crossing's Dodo Airlines.
Animal Crossing players not only owe Tom Nook big mortgages that they have to pay back through earning bells, the game's virtual currency; they're also forced to use his company shop, which sells everything from furniture to decorations for their virtual homes.
If you combined the real-world value of Tom Nook's home loans, property portfolio, airline fleet, banking and phone services, and his notorious Cranny network, he would be worth £245,246,033,887,418.
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