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Jerrek
20-09-2003, 05:51
Bill Gates: $46 billion (Microsoft)
Warren Buffett: $36 billion (investment genius)
Paul Allen: $22 billion (Microsoft)
Walton heirs: $20.5 billion each (Walmart)
Larry Ellison: $18 billion (Oracle)
Michael Dell: $13 billion (Dell)
Steve Ballmer: $12.2 billion (Microsoft)
Cox heirs: $11 billion each (Cox Cable Communications)


It is interesting to note that the Walton heirs, five of them, each inherited $20.5 billion. Eh. So that family has over $100 billion in assets.

The 400 richest Americans, all worth over $500 million, control nearly $1 trillion ($1,000 billion).



I get depressed when I see so much money... How would you spend it....

Xaccers
20-09-2003, 06:09
In bill gates case, on hookers and call girls, oh wait, he doesn't do that anymore now he's married...

Maggy
20-09-2003, 12:30
What's the point?You can only wear one pair of shoes at a time,eat one meal at a time,live under one roof at a time,drive one car at a time.The only reason I'd want to earn so much money is to spread it around.I know Bill Gates does this through charity.How about the others?

Incog.
:)

Defiant
20-09-2003, 13:26
Dear Bill,


Please can I...


LOL

Shaun
20-09-2003, 13:54
Originally posted by Defiant
Dear Bill,


Please can I...


LOL

Me too, me too.:D

Graham
20-09-2003, 14:20
Originally posted by Incognitas
The only reason I'd want to earn so much money is to spread it around.I know Bill Gates does this through charity.

Yes, he sends out messages saying that if you forward them to twenty of your friends...!! :D:D:D

Maggy
20-09-2003, 20:32
Originally posted by Graham
Yes, he sends out messages saying that if you forward them to twenty of your friends...!! :D:D:D

Why don't you actually read a biography of the man's life.HE gives away millions in dosh each year.Don't know about any of the others on the list though.Perhaps someone can enlighten us?

Incog.

:)

Graham
21-09-2003, 13:28
Originally posted by Incognitas
[B]Why don't you actually read a biography of the man's life.


WHOOOOSHHHHH!!! :rolleyes: :shrug:

Defiant
23-09-2003, 18:44
Good on you Bill,

Gates boosts war on malaria

The world's richest man Bill Gates has donated $168m to fund research into malaria, the mosquito-borne disease which kills around one million people a year.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3127040.stm