Brit, 29, now ‘world’s richest’ girl with £63quadrillion – greater than Elon Musk
Sophie Downing is now richer than X and Tesla boss Elon Musk…if he wanted to spend all his money on coffee – and its all because of a her getting a £10 voucher for 200 Degrees Coffee for Christmas
Sophie Downing is a quadrillionaire, according to a receipt(Image: Nottingham Post/ Joel Moore)
A UK business owner has become the wealthiest person in the history of the world, even toppling Elon Musk – but there’s a catch.
Sophie Downing, from Nottingham, can only spend the huge amount on coffee and croissants. She received what she believed was a voucher worth £10 for 200 Degrees Coffee for Christmas.
Yet when she used it to purchase a matcha latte last week, she discovered the balance was somewhat higher – exceeding £63quadrillion.
That’s 63 with 15 zeros. Or a thousand trillion. Or a million billion, reports Nottinghamshire Live.
Whilst not liquid cash, it makes the matcha mogul a whopping 100,000 times wealthier than her nearest rival, centibillionaire Elon Musk.
The balance is also 670 times the total of the world economy.
“I thought it was really funny. I’ve never seen anything like that before,” said Ms Downing.
The 29-year-old initially used the gift card at the 200 Degrees coffee shop in Flying Horse Walk during her lunch break on Thursday, February 12.
“The guy at the till was really confused. His face was just like ‘what?” she recalled.
“This massive number came up on the till. He said ‘I’ve never seen it before but it’s fine for you to keep it’.
“I didn’t clock it until he gave me the receipt. I thought ‘surely not, that’s actually crazy’.”
Ms Downing, who operates the Secret Sugar Club, a hair removal service, used the gift card for a second time on Tuesday, February 17, and saw the balance still in its tens of quadrillions.
200 Degrees has not yet responded to either Ms Downing regarding the error, but she has decided not to use the card again.
She said: “Maybe they have scanned the wrong thing. It looks as though they have scanned the barcode which has turned into the balance.
I could go in and clear everything off the shelf but I don’t want to take the mick.
“It would be better if it was a different gift card.”
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