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Bill Gates The richest man in the world When talking about the richest people worldwide, Bill Gates is definitely on top of the list. Who does not know Microsoft and all its products, produced to enable a perfect use of your computer. Bill Henry Gates was born on October 28th 1955. He was the 2nd of 3 children. His father worked as a lawyer whilst his mother was a teacher in Seattle. Given his passion for natural sciences like mathematics and a particular interest for economy, Gates also proved himself as a skilled developer of new computer programs and invented in collaboration with a school mate a new and improved version of a school-owned program. Later on, Gates and his mate founded the Lakeside Programming Group. After his studies at Harvard University, Bill Gates worked with a lot of dedication on the development of a new and enhanced version of the Basic computer language for micro computers. Finally Microsoft was born in 1975 in a garage in Albuquerque. The rest is history. Bill Gates expanded his business within the next decades and became one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the USA.

Microsoft Only a few people know, that Microsoft is not Bill Gates´ only source of income. Additionally, he is the owner of Cascade Investments and shareholder of the John Deere & Co tractor producer and stakeholder of the Canadian Railway Society. Today (January 2020) Bill Gates´ fortune amounts to around $108,5 billion. Assuming that Bill Gates had a regular bank savings account with an interest rate of 3 %, he would earn around $8.9 million dollar a day. Every hour $371.000 would be added to his fortune and every minute his bank account shows a plus of $6200. And even every single second of the day Bill Gates makes $103. However, despite all that wealth, Bill Gates does not forget about those, who have not been lucky in their lives. His Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation takes care of a variety of projects in third world countries. One branch of this activity is the funding of research in the field of Malaria, Aids and Tuberculosis. With a total capital of 30 billion $ the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is considered to be the biggest social organization of the world. Up till now it is estimated, that Bill Gates has spent 30 billion $ for charity and social projects worldwide.

Apple products as iPod or iPhone are a few of the rare things which Bill Gates forbid his children. If he knows that his house was partially designed with the help of a Macintosh?

He sold his first self-written computer program in the age of 17 to his school. He obtained 4,200 dollars for this schedule planning program. A few code lines made sure that he always got together with possibly many girls in the courses.

When he still went to school, he boasted to his teacher that he will be a millionaire by the age of 30. Indeed, he was a billionaire by the age of 31.