Why hasn't high frequency trading firms created the world's first trillionaire yet?

If these high frequency trading firms are trading millions of trades/billions of dollars per day (All computerized). Why hasn't a high frequency mega fund firm used this super technology to gain trillions of dollars or more in trading profit? Why isn't owners of these HFT firms trillionaires yet?

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