We all know that Bill Gates earns enough money to ensure the running of a small country for a year, but it has been reported that he earns around twenty million dollars every day. That's more than most people accumulate in a lifetime. Of course we can't be certain how much he actually earns because as with anyone involved in the stock market, Gate's worth is in constant flux. Overall though, the Microsoft creator is said to have a current net worth of around $60billion, securing him the much coveted spot of 2012 second richest man in the world behind Mexican entrepreneur, Carlos Slim.
It's interesting to note then that Gates could have easily secured the number 1 ranking of richest man had it not been for his own philanthropic ways. By 2011 Gates had donated $28billion to his self-created charity, the Bill and Melinda Foundation, providing financial aid to both the American public education system and in increasing opportunities for those in developing countries. In 2012 his foundation promised a further $750million of its funds to fighting AIDS.
It is a statement that Gates more than lives up to, in January 2012 agreeing to donate a total of $750million, the equivalent of around 479million, to the charity The Global Fund when speaking at the World Economic Forum [WEF]. Since the Global Fund first launched, Gates and his foundation have donated a total of $65million to their cause, fighting three of the most common -and deadly- diseases: Malaria, Tuberculosis and AIDS.
As if to prove his off-hand relationship with his own financial worth, Gates has willingly given away his otherwise guaranteed title of world's richest man by donating a staggering $28billion to charity to date. In 1994, he and his wife co-founded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, promoting awareness and financial funding for worthy causes both globally and in the USA. Despite his mass fortune Gates has remained financially aware, consistently ensuring the greatest possible deals on vaccines to ensure his wealth benefits as many disadvantaged children as possible.
Gates took a dislike to Facebook due to his being too popular. He claimed that the over-abundance of friend requests to plough through was just too overwhelming. It must have come as an eye-opener then when he visited people in a 3rd world country. Gates spoke candidly of one such time, accompanying a chief minister on a visit to a local town. When a resident asked who he was, the chief minister simply replied, "This is a white-skinned guy I brought with me."
It's interesting to note then that Gates could have easily secured the number 1 ranking of richest man had it not been for his own philanthropic ways. By 2011 Gates had donated $28billion to his self-created charity, the Bill and Melinda Foundation, providing financial aid to both the American public education system and in increasing opportunities for those in developing countries. In 2012 his foundation promised a further $750million of its funds to fighting AIDS.
It is a statement that Gates more than lives up to, in January 2012 agreeing to donate a total of $750million, the equivalent of around 479million, to the charity The Global Fund when speaking at the World Economic Forum [WEF]. Since the Global Fund first launched, Gates and his foundation have donated a total of $65million to their cause, fighting three of the most common -and deadly- diseases: Malaria, Tuberculosis and AIDS.
As if to prove his off-hand relationship with his own financial worth, Gates has willingly given away his otherwise guaranteed title of world's richest man by donating a staggering $28billion to charity to date. In 1994, he and his wife co-founded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, promoting awareness and financial funding for worthy causes both globally and in the USA. Despite his mass fortune Gates has remained financially aware, consistently ensuring the greatest possible deals on vaccines to ensure his wealth benefits as many disadvantaged children as possible.
Gates took a dislike to Facebook due to his being too popular. He claimed that the over-abundance of friend requests to plough through was just too overwhelming. It must have come as an eye-opener then when he visited people in a 3rd world country. Gates spoke candidly of one such time, accompanying a chief minister on a visit to a local town. When a resident asked who he was, the chief minister simply replied, "This is a white-skinned guy I brought with me."
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