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Gates's wealth briefly surpassed US$100 billion in 1999, making him the first person to reach this net worth. [ 216 ] [ 180 ] After 2000, the nominal value of his Microsoft holdings declined, partly because of the decline in Microsoft's stock price after the dot-com bubble burst, and partly because of the multi-billion dollar donations he had ...
Bill Gates’ Current Net Worth As of Oct. 11, 2023, Forbes estimates Bill Gates’ net worth at an astonishing $109.7 billion. He currently holds only about 1.3% of Microsoft shares.
The third-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 Henry Ford. Determining the lower ranks is an even more contentious debate.
With a net worth of $130.4 billion as of May 4, 2021, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates most recently ranked as high as the fourth-richest person in the world, according to Forbes. His fortune ...
Gates is currently worth $105.8 billion (as of this writing), according to Forbes, making him the 14th richest person in the world today. However, he has vowed to give most of his money to charity ...
The Giving Pledge is a charitable campaign, founded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, to encourage wealthy people to contribute a majority (i.e. more than 50%) of their wealth to philanthropic causes. As of June 2022, the pledge has had 236 signatories from 28 countries. [1]
The No. 6 richest person in the world, the Microsoft co-founder has a personal fortune of more than $119 billion. A force of nature in global philanthropy, the digital age pioneer and farmland ...
The plan continues, “The tax rate would increase to 2 percent on net worth from $50 to $250 million, 3 percent from $250 to $500 million, 4 percent from $500 million to $1 billion, 5 percent ...