Bill Gates's Net Worth Hits $90 Billion (bloomberg.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Monday August 22, 2016 @12:35PM from the that's-a-lot-of-zeros dept.

schwit1 quotes a report from Bloomberg: The net worth of the world's richest person Bill Gates hit $90 billion on Friday, fueled by gains in public holdings including Canadian National Railway Company and Ecolab Inc. Gates's fortune is now $13.5 billion bigger than that of the world's second-wealthiest person, Spanish retail mogul Amancio Ortega, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. At $90 billion, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder's net worth is equal to 0.5 percent of U.S. GDP. Less than two weeks ago, Bill Gates topped Forbes' "100 Richest Tech Billionaires In The World 2016" (Warning: may be paywalled) list with an estimated fortune of $78 billion.

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Re:Nope, no wealth inequality here by azrael29a · 2016-08-22 20:21 · Score: 1, Informative

The problem with socialists is that they are quickly running out of someone else's money. If you like giving money to the poor, start with your own money, and see what it's like to support lazy bums that just want to freeload on the work of others.