BILL GATES - WHO IS THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD

 

 

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You cannot take your money with you, so why not put it to good use

 

 



As the world population explodes, there are proportionally more billionaires on the planet, the product of exploiting manufacturing and selling of products and services. Meaning of course, that there will be proportionally more poor people, who are being exploited. There is though nothing wrong with making money, provided that it is put to good use. Since, money is just a tool to accomplish things. Not a pile of paper notes to be counted for pleasure, or vaults of gold or jewels. Though, the latter would be preferable, since at least is looks better than a stack of pulp, or a digital display, when online banking.

 

It is a sobering thought, that in order to make money, energy has to be used, mostly from the burning of fossil fuels. Hence, making money generates a large carbon footprint, where a responsible attitude to increasing greenhouse gases, would and perhaps, should be, to offset the CO2, as far as is practical.

 

That is why many wealthy people set up charitable foundations. Donating substantial sums to good causes.



5. BILL GATES

 

Age: 67
Residence: Washington
Co-founder: Microsoft (MSFT)
Net Worth: $111 billion
Microsoft Ownership Stake: 1.3% ($23.9 billion)
Other Assets: Cascade Investment LLC ($51.66 billion public assets), $54 billion in cash

While attending Harvard University in 1975, Bill Gates went to work alongside his childhood friend Paul Allen to develop new software for the original microcomputers. Following this project’s success, Gates dropped out of Harvard during his junior year and founded Microsoft with Allen.

The largest software company in the world, Microsoft also produces a line of personal computers, provides email services through its Exchange server, and sells video game systems and associated game devices. It has recently invested heavily in cloud services.

Gates shifted from the company's CEO to the role of board chair in 2008. He joined Berkshire Hathaway’s board in 2004.

He stepped down from both boards on March 13, 2020.

Bill Gates has much of his net worth in Cascade Investment LLC. Cascade is a privately-held investment vehicle that owns a variety of stocks including Canadian National Railway (CNR), Deere (DE), and Republic Services (RSG), as well as private investments in real estate and energy.

In 2000, Gates' two philanthropic organizations—the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation—merged to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, still co-chaired by Gates and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates.

Through the foundation, they have spent billions to fight polio and malaria.

The foundation pledged $50 million in 2014 to help fight Ebola.

As of 2021, the foundation had spent more than $1.9 billion to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2010, alongside Warren Buffett, Bill Gates launched the Giving Pledge, a campaign encouraging the wealthy to commit to donating most of their wealth to philanthropic causes.

Bill and Melinda French Gates divorced on Aug. 2, 2021.

With the divorce, roughly $5 billion in equities was transferred to French Gates.

Bill Gates is the largest private owner of farmland in the U.S. with over 268,000 acres.

 

THE TOP TEN RICHEST - 2022

 

1. ELON MUSK
2. BERNARD ARNAULT
3. GAUTAM ADANI
4. JEFF BEZOS
5. BILL GATES
6. WARREN BUFFET
7. LARRY ELLISON
8. LARRY PAGE
9. MUKESH AMBANI
10. SERGEY BRIN

 

 

JOHN STORM & THE CURE FOR CANCER

 

In this work of fiction, antagonist, Musket Meloni is fast approaching becoming the world's first trillionaire. He's had a brush with cancer, and is looking for a cure, should it return and spread. When he learns that John Storm has cured Pope Peter Benedict, who had stage IV, advanced cancer, having spread to lymph nodes, other organs and tissues of his body, he was immediately interest in acquiring the asset, in company takeover style.

 

Musket Meloni had stage two cancer. It had grown, but not spread. The treatments seemed to be keeping the disease at bay. But for how long?

 

 

 

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