ForumsWEPRBill Gates not richest man alive

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BenTheBozer
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Whats up fellow microsoft enuthists!

I recently stumbled across a new article saying that Bill Gates isnt the richest man anymore, he was beeten by a Mexican named Carlos Slim Helu. This is a bit of a surprise for me espacilly with Bill holding the record for the past 15 years

What do you guys think, will Bill make number one again? Or are his glory days over.

Here are some links to the news artical

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/corporatenews/view/1043711/1/.html

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5grsYhLnmUsX0Fp4aEoqAXF2Mwd3QD9ECDB880

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knight_34
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he still owns trillions


Billions. No one has ever amassed a fortune so high.
valkery
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valkery
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Wrong. He lost his place to Warren Buffett two years ago, regained it last year and lost it to Carlos Slim this year. Am I right?


Oh sorry, I was missinformed. I thought that Warren held the title 'til just a few weeks ago.
billybobjo2
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He doesn't care. It doesn't matter.
He ,should give more money charity.

knight_34
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He, should give more money charity.


He already has one.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

And Warren Buffett made the largest donation ever, pledging to give 85% of his fortune to Bill Gates.
Fweaky
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Whats the point in being the richest man? u just get robbed alot D: lol, even with security if theres a riot ur gone D: (i bet he wouldnt last 10 seconds in zombie invasion unless he bought tons o guns )

Kyouzou
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Both buffet and gates have donated millions if not billions of dollars to charity hence the reason they lost their spots as richest men alive had they not donated any money to charity Helu would have been left in the dust after all one doesn't found one of if not the largest computer technology corporations in the world and come in second richest.

PersonaUser12
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I doesn't really matter. It's not like they try to be the richest.

Kyouzou
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Kyouzou
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What exactly do you mean by that? Congrats on your first post btw

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