By the time you're done reading this sentence, Bill Gates will have made about $2,000. If he were to drop a hundred dollar bill on the ground, it is literally not worth his time to pick it up. His annual salary is [approximately] $3,710,000,000. To break that down, that's about $117.56 earned per second; it's almost unreal. The Bugatti Veyron is among the most extravagant and dreamed of luxury items in the world, and it usually stays a dream because of it's hefty price tag of around $2.5 million. For Bill Gates however, it would only take him about 6 hours to save up for one.According to Evan Marcus, a man who maintains a Bill Gates net worth page, Bill Gates could buy every major league team in Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Hockey for only about 30% of his net worth - plenty left over to buy a European sport. The crazy thing is, he wasn't born into the super wealthy lifestyle.
On a different note, if Gates were to donate every bit of his wealth to our national debt, it would only alleviate .45% of it; that's barely scratching the surface. It's nice to put things into perspective.
Holy crap!!!! Your blog post this week literally had my mouth wide open in shock. Must be nice though!
ReplyDeleteThis is insane! I saw a video recently where he talked about all of the charities that he gives his money back to and gave me an even greater appreciation for him.. Although I'd like him even more if he sent some of that my way!
ReplyDeleteThis is crazy. There are so many people in the world broke and struggling while this guy has more money than God.
ReplyDeleteI think people are missing the point here, of course hes stupid rich but all that money and he doesn't even touch our national debt... just shows how much in debt we really are
ReplyDeleteAt least he plans on donating the VAST majority of his estate. This kind of wealth needs to be regulated for the betterment of society.
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