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Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect, while also being ...
The 38th annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires found a record 2,781 billionaires with a total net wealth of $14.2 trillion. This is an increase of 141 members and $2 trillion from 2023, which held the previous record for the highest net worth gain on the list, surpassing the $900 billion record set in 2022.
Meanwhile, Bill Gates in 1999 was worth nearly $150 billion in dollars adjusted to 2018. [4] The second-richest person in terms of wealth compared to contemporary GDP is a subject of dispute. While most sources attribute this status to Andrew Carnegie, others argue that it could be Bill Gates, Cornelius Vanderbilt I, John Jacob Astor IV, or ...
Saving Like a Pessimist. When Gates says “save like a pessimist,” he means always be ready for bad things to happen — which, to be fair, will happen. When he started Microsoft, Gates had a ...
Bill Gates, born on Oct. 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington, demonstrated an early affinity for computers and programming. Together with his childhood friend Paul Allen, Gates co-founded Microsoft ...
Despite a current net worth of approximately $128 billion and an intention to work his way off the list of the world's richest people through his philanthropic work, Microsoft co-founder Bill...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) [a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington , it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the second largest charitable foundation in the world , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [ 4 ]
Photograph by Kjetil Ree (Wikimedia Commons). Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were born the same year. Both dropped out of college. Both started companies with good friends: Gates founded Microsoft with ...