Bill Gates net worth exceeds $ 100 billion (again)

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Bill Gates' net worth exceeded $ 100 billion this week as Microsoft's shares soared before the company's earnings announcement on April 24. He remains the second richest person in the world.

Gates trailed only the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, whose value is estimated at $ 153.2 billion, according to Forbes& # 39; real time rankings billionaires of the world. Bezos will soon give a share of this fortune. He and his wife, MacKenzie, are finalizing their divorce. The couple announced in early April that it would receive a quarter of its stake in Amazon, currently worth more than $ 35 billion.

Gates made a fortune with Microsoft, the computer company he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. (Allen dead in October 2018.) He now holds a diversified fortune; less than 12.5% ​​of its net worth comes from Microsoft stocks. The majority of its assets are held in its investment company, Cascade, including a stake in Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate founded by Gates' friend Warren Buffett.

A rise in Microsoft stock prices this week, combined with the strong performance of Gates' other investments, was enough to send its net worth above $ 100 billion on April 16.

In 2010, Gates and Buffett co-founded Giving Pledge, an initiative to convince wealthy individuals to donate at least half of their assets to charities during their lifetime or after their deaths. To date, nearly 200 people have joined, such as Elon Musk and Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky.

Gates has already donated more than $ 35 billion to charities, largely to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private philanthropy, which he chairs with his wife, Melinda. The foundation focuses on public health and is perhaps best known for its efforts alongside Rotary International to eradicate polio. & nbsp;

Gates has already had a 12-digit fortune. In April 1999, at the height of the Internet bubble, its net worth briefly surpassed $ 100 billion, or about $ 150 billion today, excluding inflation.

Originally from Seattle, Gates was a precocious child. He spent so much time reading that his parents forbade him to bring books to the table. Later, while he was in high school, he spent time in class with his friend Paul Allen at a power plant located north of Bonneville, in Washington State.

Shortly after, Gates left Harvard and joined Allen to launch Microsoft in a garage in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the late 1980s, it was the largest computer software company in the world.

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Bill Gates' net worth exceeded $ 100 billion this week as Microsoft's shares soared before the company's earnings announcement on April 24. He remains the second richest person in the world.

Gates trailed only the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, whose value is estimated at $ 153.2 billion, according to Forbes'Real-time ranking of billionaires of the world. Bezos will soon give a share of this fortune. He and his wife, MacKenzie, are finalizing their divorce. The couple announced in early April that it would receive a quarter of its stake in Amazon, currently worth more than $ 35 billion.

Gates made a fortune with Microsoft, the computer company he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. (Allen died in October 2018.) He now owns a diversified fortune. less than 12.5% ​​of its net worth comes from Microsoft stocks. The majority of its assets are held in its investment company, Cascade, including a stake in Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate founded by Gates' friend Warren Buffett.

A rise in Microsoft stock prices this week, combined with the strong performance of Gates' other investments, was enough to send its net worth above $ 100 billion on April 16.

In 2010, Gates and Buffett co-founded Giving Pledge, an initiative to convince wealthy individuals to donate at least half of their assets to charities during their lifetime or after their deaths. To date, nearly 200 people have joined, such as Elon Musk and Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky.

Gates has already donated more than $ 35 billion to charities, largely to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private philanthropy, which he chairs with his wife, Melinda. The foundation focuses on public health and is perhaps best known for its efforts alongside Rotary International to eradicate polio.

Gates has already had a 12-digit fortune. In April 1999, at the height of the Internet bubble, its net worth briefly surpassed $ 100 billion, or about $ 150 billion today, excluding inflation.

Originally from Seattle, Gates was a precocious child. He spent so much time reading that his parents forbade him to bring books to the table. Later, while he was in high school, he spent time in class with his friend Paul Allen at a power plant located north of Bonneville, in Washington State.

Shortly after, Gates left Harvard and joined Allen to launch Microsoft in a garage in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In the late 1980s, it was the largest computer software company in the world.