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Bill Gates is world's richest man again, for the sixteenth time

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Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, is once again world's richest man. In the last 21 years he's had the title 16 times. Even though he donated $1.5 billion in Microsoft shares to The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, his fortune increased by $3.2 billion to a staggering 79.2 billion dollars.

 

Carlos Slim is now #2 with a fortune of $2 billion less than Bill's. Followed by Warren Buffett ($72,7 billion).

 

There are also some interesting newcomers on the billionaires list from the world of tech;

 

Minecraft founder Markus Persson (a.k.a. Notch) who became billionare by selling Mojang to Microsoft, now has $1.3 billion.

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Evan Spiegel, co-founder of Snapchat, is now the youngest billionaire.

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Travis Kalanick, co-founder of car service Uber ($5.3 billion)

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Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2015/03/02/inside-the-2015-forbes-billionaires-list-facts-and-figures/

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Look at all the money I'll never have!

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I hate Gates for non tech reasons. Fuck that bastard

I didn't know what to put here...

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I hate Gates for non tech reasons. Fuck that bastard

What for? The man's been giving away billions of dollars of his wealth to better the lives of people around the world.

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Thanks for giving me yet more reasons to jump off a bridge...

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Wonderful man, has helped countless numbers of people, and I don't just mean by bringing us windows :D

jkjk, honestly hes done a lot for the world besides his company, has donated more than most of us can count to.

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I hate Gates for non tech reasons. Fuck that bastard

 

Not only what the others have said, but if you consider that it's not just the money he gives, it's also the time he gives and use of his position to shift the way people think about global poverty and health issues.

 

Not only did he say shit but he put his money where his mouth was, then backed that up by actually travelling to other countries and getting his hands dirty on the ground. 

 

Yeah, he's a real bastard... :rolleyes:

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You can't just say that and then say "Fuck that bastard". Explain yourself or don't say those kinds of things at all. 

 

Everyone hates him for being successful and donating a majority of his fortune.

 

So selfish.

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Bill Gates is simply amazing. Its not often that someone so intelligent, rich, and powerful is genuinely a good person who cares about doing the right thing for the world.

 

Say what you want about him as a business man and his business practices, but his philanthropic work is unparalleled, not to mention he created the Giving Pledge and convinced many other billionaires to give 50% or more of their wealth to charity when they die and Gates himself is giving 100% when he dies.

 

Interesting fact: When Bill Gates was in school he told one of his teachers he'd be a millionaire by the time he was 30, he'd actually became a billionaire by the time he was 30.

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Also, Gates is heavily involved with getting other billionaires to donate their wealth to good causes.

http://givingpledge.org/

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Bill gates better give me some money now...

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Bill Gates is simply amazing. Its not often that someone so intelligent, rich, and powerful is genuinely a good person who cares about doing the right thing for the world.

 

Say what you want about him as a business man and his business practices, but his philanthropic work is unparalleled, not to mention he created the Giving Pledge and convinced many other billionaires to give 50% or more of their wealth to charity when they die and Gates himself is giving 100% when he dies.

 

Interesting fact: When Bill Gates was in school he told one of his teachers he'd be a millionaire by the time he was 30, he'd actually became a billionaire by the time he was 30.

 

That teacher got rekt

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Billy G also isn't giving his money to his kids. 

 

What a top bloke. 

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I hate Gates for non tech reasons. Fuck that bastard

 

I hate you for hating him, he donates tons of money to charity stuff.

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Bill Gates is simply amazing. Its not often that someone so intelligent, rich, and powerful is genuinely a good person who cares about doing the right thing for the world.

 

Say what you want about him as a business man and his business practices, but his philanthropic work is unparalleled, not to mention he created the Giving Pledge and convinced many other billionaires to give 50% or more of their wealth to charity when they die and Gates himself is giving 100% when he dies.

 

Interesting fact: When Bill Gates was in school he told one of his teachers he'd be a millionaire by the time he was 30, he'd actually became a billionaire by the time he was 30.

No joke, he was actually 31, google it

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I hate Gates for non tech reasons. Fuck that bastard

 

You didn't even give any reasons for why you hate him.

 

 

He's an awesome guy. I remember seeing pictures of him in a 3rd world country doing volunteer work in a national geographic. Not to mention he donates tons of his money to charity and as others mentioned, encourages others to do so.

 

 

 

I literally can not think of a reason to hate him.

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Billy G also isn't giving his money to his kids. 

 

What a top bloke. 

actually he is giving tons of money to his children just not in the billions 

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actually he is giving tons of money to his children just not in the billions 

Oh yeah, forgot about giving some. 

 

Maybe a few mil which is enough for them to expand on that. 

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Notch already wasted 1.2 billions?

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I hate Gates for non tech reasons. Fuck that bastard

Wut? The guy gave half of his fortune to charity! Only reason to hate him would be that you have a Mac.

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Notch already wasted 1.2 billions?

Taxes, maybe?

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Taxes, maybe?

But that's almost half, at this rate he should lose all his money before summer
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Bill gates also was behind a project to recycle clean water from sht. Literally.

 

And he drank it.

 

Oh yea 300 posts.

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