Microsoft co-founder and current chairman Bill Gates, currently worth an estimated US$50 billion, has said he does not want to be the world’s richest man.
“Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told an online advertising conference Wednesday that he’d prefer not to be the richest person in the world. ‘I wish I wasn’t,’ he said in a session in which he was being interviewed by Donny Deutsch, the host of an interview show on CNBC,” Allison Linn reports for The Associated Press. “‘There’s nothing good that comes out of that,’ he said. ‘You get more visibility as a result of it.'”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Mike K” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: At the rate Microsoft’s going lately, Bill’s about to have his wish granted sooner than later.
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So bill sells a product not fit for purpose, makes a heap of money doing so then looks like a good guy for giving loads of money for vaccines in third world countries? …. somehow the thought of bill gates stopping viruses just doesn’t sound right!! why doesn’t he offer refunds for all the businesses that loose money everytime their windows system crashes or gets hit by a virus.
Oh it’s such a hard life for Bill having $50Billion in his personal bank account!
Bill GET A LIFE!
You have no clue what so ever what good all that money could do to help people.
Here’s a few for starters:
1. Pay-off Africa’s international debt
2. Get rid of poverty
3. Develop fusion power (so when we run out of oil in 20 years global society can continue)
This is what I would be doing with all that money.
Bill – you seriously do not realise what a lucky person you are. Words fail me, you are a lost cause.
One thing that is guaranteed Bill is that you are going to die at some point.
No one can ever avoid this ‘fact’ of life.
You may be the richest man in the world, but when it comes down to it you are just as poor as everyone else on the planet.
Why?
Because even with all your billions you can’t buy back or stop time from moving forward.
Enjoy it while you got it Bill, in 40 years time you are not gonna be here to do so – and you can’t take it with you where your gonna be going.
History will tell and will remember in the later time (say 50 years) as …..
Bill Gates and its Window system,
The Man who became so rich by selling incompetent and unstable product.
And get away with it.
And that action punishing the whole world.
It will be written all over on the Computer Science text books.
Awwww what a fucking shame…. too much money…. awwww poor bill… what to do…. what to do…
Yahoo Finance – Company Profile = 2005 pay
Mr. Steven P. Jobs = $0
Mr. William H. Gates = $1.00M
Now how looks like they don’t want the money?
Mr. Steven P. Jobs = $0
Christ, you lot are gullible…
Geez I wonder if antibiotics would cure Bill’s greenback disease.?
Seriously, ever wonder why the richest people in the world have done nearly zip to help make the world a better place? Yup, Windows sure makes my life easier.
And don’t give me that crap about his foundation….he could have done that a LONG LONG time ago but that may have prevented from becoming….wait for it…..wait for it…….the WORLD’S RICHEST MAN!!!
Charity=tax deductions
A gawky, powerless young boy — heir to a banking tycoon — grows up to balance the cosmic playing field by vanquishing, then stealing from the middle-class and with deductible generousity gives it to the poor.
I shall forever be in awe of, SuperGeek — The Noble.
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On the hero’s tomb is written
Not what he was, but what he should’ve been
And nothing you can do will change the circumstances
Just a mild infuriation with statistics of sin
This is Apple/Mac news at it’s zenith!
I’m happy to help Bill out. I’ll happily ‘park it’ in my account. I’ll only take 10% of any interest earned.
Hey, Bill:
I feel your pain. And while I would love to help you out by sucking some coinage out of that puss-filled money sack of yours, I just can’t bring myself to do it.
However, my cat loves money. He can never have enough. If you wouldn’t mind sending a mil or two to Rama, my cat, he would be eternally grateful. He really loves the expensive cat food, the really cool litter, imported catnip from Columbia and all the trappings of excess a cat needs and deserves.
Feel free to contact me, ur, my cat.