There's rich, there's very rich, there's incomprehensibly rich, and then there's the day Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison is poised to have.

The big picture: After Oracle offered a growth forecast that stunned investors, Ellison is poised to make more Wednesday than any human being likely has ever made in one day.

By the numbers: As of 7 am, Oracle shares were up $75.77 in premarket trading. • Ellison owns about 1.16 billion shares of Oracle, which means if that gain held in regular trading, his holdings' value would increase $87.8 billion in one day.

Zoom out: According to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index, there are only 18 people on Earth, aside from Ellison, even worth that much to begin with. • If the day gets even slightly better for him, Ellison could pass Elon Musk to become the w

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