But Elon Musk is still richer.
The dragon Smaug from The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is one of the most iconic villains in the Lord of the Rings universe.
The old dragon who possessed the treasures of the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain was created by John R. R. Tolkien as an ironic image of the rich of this world – the winged lizard had an incredible fortune, but he did not even think about spending it.
Peter Jackson decided to make Smaug the main villain of the second part of the trilogy about the adventures of Bilbo, and he was right. “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” surprised the audience with the scene in which Martin Freeman’s hero finds himself in Smaug’s cave and fights an ancient dragon.
In this scene, viewers saw Smaug’s wealth for the first time in real life: mountains of glistening gold and ancient artifacts in his vast cave. This makes it clear that Smaug is the wealthiest character in The Lord of the Rings.
But how big is the hero’s fortune?
Fans of The Lord of the Rings tried to answer this question by calculating the estimated value of all the dragon treasures. According to fans, Smaug has a fortune of $73.2 billion.
Not bad for a winged lizard, don’t you think?
Of course, this figure is very approximate: it’s impossible to accurately calculate Smaug’s net worth based on just one scene, and fans have had to round up slightly.
Surprisingly, in our world, Smaug wouldn’t even be in the top ten richest people. Elon Musk has a fortune of $243 billion, and Jeff Bezos- 197 billion.
It looks like the dragon will have to save up a little more to get on par with some mere mortals.
Source: Popcorn News
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