Bill Gates. At the end of 2014, Bill again returned to the top of the list of the world's richest people, multiplying his fortune and surpassing his long-time rival in the rating of Forbes magazine. Let's find out about the state of Mr. Gates, and also about how he could earn such a sum of money, where he spends and how he actually lives with such a financial baggage.
Oh, this rating
To date, the state of Bill Gates is estimated at 76 billion dollars.
Such data leads authoritative magazine Forbes, in the reliability of data which can not be doubted. On the first line Bill returned after a four-year break, having won this place from Carlos Slim( he actually took the lead from Gates 4 years ago), whose fortune is estimated at 72 billion dollars.
Over the past 20 years - 15 of them the richest man on the planet was Bill Gates.
This year, Bill's fortune has grown by as much as $ 9 billion, which helped him become the world's most important rich man, sending Carlos to an honorable second place.
Known to all the brainchild of Bill
Bill Gates was able to earn his fortune thanks to his famous computer company Microsoft. Microsoft specializes in the release of the Windows operating system, as well as the release of certain programs, such as Office, Skype and others. No less famous for Microsoft and gamers, it is this company that produces the famous Xbox game consoles.
Of all this, of course, the lion's share in the state of its owner was made by Windows, which for the second decade has been the undisputed leader among computer operating systems.
To date, everything is also the main income for Bill brought by Microsoft, as well as dividends from investments.
Bill is 59 years old and he has practically moved away from all his basic affairs, you can say retired. First in 2008 he left the post of the head of his company, remaining the main Board of Directors. In February 2014, Bill left this post, remaining only an adviser to the new CEO, and, of course, the main holder of Microsoft shares.
Bill Gates earns about $ 6,659 per minute.
Do good all over the world
In addition to his fortune and brainchild, Bill Gates is known throughout the world for his charitable work. For all this time, he spent about $ 28 billion. In general, charitable activities are aimed at solving various problems in third world countries: improving the health care system, helping in the treatment of some complex diseases, and fighting hunger. In addition, Gates funds also fund programs to improve the US education system.
Strangely enough, but very often the activities of the Gates Foundation are often criticized, especially regarding programs related to the education system.
Whether Bill Gates will be able to maintain leadership in the ranking next year will only show time.
