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So how does he keep getting wealthy?
- Over half of his net worth is in Cascade Investment LLC, a private investment fund run by Michael Larson. Mr Larson appears to be singularly responsible for Bill Gates' return to the top.
- The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation is worth over $42 Billion, and is not included in Bill Gates' net worth
http://www.wsj.com/articles/this-mans-job-make-bill-gates-ri...
You could fund a lot of curiosity rovers with that money.
These lists are pretty arbitrary. They don't include more than $32 trillion hidden in off shore accounts. Putin, Gaddafi, Mubarak, and other third world dicators have many trillions stashed away. That is not even to count the monarchs who practically own entire countries.
I agree on the arbitrariness. But do you have a some links for the $32 trillion hidden offshore. I'm just interested.
I met once a guy that worked for some banks that handled middle-east money, and he said it was not uncommon to see some accounts moving around numbers with a crazy amount of zeroes, although he didn't knew what was personal money, what was family money, and what was company money, the amount of money flow still was much, much more than what western people move... but middle easterns don't care about disclosing it.
These lists are pretty arbitrary. They don't include more than $32 trillion hidden in off shore accounts. Putin, Gaddafi, Mubarak, and other third world dicators have many trillions stashed away. That is not even to count the monarchs who practically own entire countries.
Why his net worth keeps increasing?
Bill gates keep selling shares on several companies and donating stuff, also he does not do any "work" anymore, he only do volunteer stuff. Why his net worth keeps increasing?