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Richest Man in the World
Warren Buffett has become the world's richest man with a net worth estimated at $62 billion. The investment guru surpassed Bill Gates who was the previous world's richest man for 13 consecutive years.
Gates and Buffett are friends who are reported to enjoy playing the board game bridge. Buffett recently pledged the bulk of his Birkshire shares to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Bill Gates is now the world's third richest man with a fortune of $58 billion. Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico is the second richest man with a personal haul of $60 billion according to Forbes magazine.
William H. Gates was born on Oct. 28, 1955. He was raised in Seattle, Washington where his father, William H. Gates II practices as an attorney. His mother,Mary Gates was a former school teacher. Bill Gates demonstrated an interest in computers and softwareat an early age. He entered Harvard University in 1973 where he first met Steve Balmer, the current CEO of Microsoft. In 1975, he began Microsoft with his childhood buddy Paul Allen. Bill Gates decided to leave harvard in order to focus more attention on Microsoft. The rest as they say is history.
Today, he is worth a staggering $58 billion . To put this in perspective, consider what can be done with that amount of money.
# He could pay the salary of President Barack Obama (US$400,000) for 132,000 years
# You could win Survivor 52,000 times and still not match up to his fortune
# His wealth exceeds the annual budget of Russia.
Gates and Buffett are friends who are reported to enjoy playing the board game bridge. Buffett recently pledged the bulk of his Birkshire shares to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Bill Gates is now the world's third richest man with a fortune of $58 billion. Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico is the second richest man with a personal haul of $60 billion according to Forbes magazine.
William H. Gates was born on Oct. 28, 1955. He was raised in Seattle, Washington where his father, William H. Gates II practices as an attorney. His mother,Mary Gates was a former school teacher. Bill Gates demonstrated an interest in computers and softwareat an early age. He entered Harvard University in 1973 where he first met Steve Balmer, the current CEO of Microsoft. In 1975, he began Microsoft with his childhood buddy Paul Allen. Bill Gates decided to leave harvard in order to focus more attention on Microsoft. The rest as they say is history.
Today, he is worth a staggering $58 billion . To put this in perspective, consider what can be done with that amount of money.
# He could pay the salary of President Barack Obama (US$400,000) for 132,000 years
# You could win Survivor 52,000 times and still not match up to his fortune
# His wealth exceeds the annual budget of Russia.
Countries with the Largest Economies
Country GDP
1 United States $11,750,000,000,000
2 China $7,262,000,000,000
3 Japan $3,745,000,000,000
4 India $3,319,000,000,000
5 Germany $2,362,000,000,000
6 United Kingdom $1,782,000,000,000
7 France $1,737,000,000,000
8 Italy $1,609,000,000,000
9 Brazil $1,492,000,000,000
10 Russia $1,408,000,000,000
11 Canada $1,023,000,000,000
12 Mexico $1,006,000,000,000
13 Spain $937,600,000,000
14 Korea, South $925,100,000,000
15 Indonesia $827,400,000,000
Source: CIA World Factbook
1 United States $11,750,000,000,000
2 China $7,262,000,000,000
3 Japan $3,745,000,000,000
4 India $3,319,000,000,000
5 Germany $2,362,000,000,000
6 United Kingdom $1,782,000,000,000
7 France $1,737,000,000,000
8 Italy $1,609,000,000,000
9 Brazil $1,492,000,000,000
10 Russia $1,408,000,000,000
11 Canada $1,023,000,000,000
12 Mexico $1,006,000,000,000
13 Spain $937,600,000,000
14 Korea, South $925,100,000,000
15 Indonesia $827,400,000,000
Source: CIA World Factbook
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
My First Blog
Hi all,
I just wana create a Blog site to enter all my important activities and mile stones which I reached.
I am the one who wish to compare with myself and not with others. I found this way is best to improve the life.
Some times I need a stimulation to tune me, and well my friends are my stimulators and they suggest, guide and stimulate me to go in the right path.
Cheers
Nalini
I just wana create a Blog site to enter all my important activities and mile stones which I reached.
I am the one who wish to compare with myself and not with others. I found this way is best to improve the life.
Some times I need a stimulation to tune me, and well my friends are my stimulators and they suggest, guide and stimulate me to go in the right path.
Cheers
Nalini
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