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    Captain of the Universe Rishwin is offline
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    Move over bill gates!

    Carlos Slim, a Mexican businessman has now become the 2nd richest man in the world, at somewhere around $53billion. Bill gates has $56billion, but considering the fact that Carlos has earnt $4billion in the last 2 months, i'd say Bill is on his way down to 2nd.

    Carlos Slim Helu Now World's Second-Richest Man - Forbes.com


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    Grand Master iNs@nE is offline
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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    Wasnt Bill already down to 2nd..? I remember hearing about some Italian furniture company guy who took over...

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    wat, i thought Bill got like trillions of $

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    I thought Bill has been #2 for a while and that Ikea owner was #1?

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    Yeap heard the same.. that ikea pwnt gates a long time ago

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    Captain of the Universe Rishwin is offline
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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    Gates has been #1 for 13 years now.

    the ikea guy is #4 at $33billion... nowhere near gates.
    it was once published that he was #1, but that was a mistake because he no longer owned IKEa at the time so its wealth could not be added to his own.

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    I hate to break it to ya, but i dont think he cares anymore :P

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    Isn't the richest man in the world, the guy who owns IKEA?

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    omg, we just had that conversion above? dont you read before you post?

    in the subject, close up to him now. hope he gets knocked off :)

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    Didn't he donate most of his money, Bill Gates that is?

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    Heck no, but he does donate a lot of money.

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    Quote Originally Posted by Rishwin View Post
    the ikea guy is #4 at $33billion... nowhere near gates.
    it was once published that he was #1, but that was a mistake because he no longer owned IKEa at the time so its wealth could not be added to his own.
    [quote=bbc news]Swedish business weekly Veckans Affarer announced that Ingvar Kamprad, founder of Ikea, had topped Mr Gates, with a 400bn-kroner (

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    Is Bill gates the guy who invented Microsoft? I'm a bit late <3

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    Quote Originally Posted by mediums1993 View Post
    Is Bill gates the guy who invented Microsoft? I'm a bit late <3
    No he invented Google.

    I invented Microsoft. :D

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955 at around 9:00 PM) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8% of the common stock.[3] Forbes magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person in the world since 1995,[2] and recent estimates put his net worth near $56 billion.[2] When family wealth is considered, his family ranks second behind the Walton family.[4][5]

    Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is widely respected by people who see his wealth as a product of intelligence and foresight,[6][7] his business tactics have often been criticized as unethical or anti-competitive, and have, in some instances, been ruled as such in court.[8][9] Since amassing his fortune, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.


    Bill Gates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    The guy has ripped off 56 billion. Does anyone see a significance if they give away a few millions to charity?

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    Quote Originally Posted by Negata View Post
    The guy has ripped off 56 billion. Does anyone see a significance if they give away a few millions to charity?
    Yes, I do. Because he could've just kept it.

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    Bill Gates Is A Living Legend In My Humble Opinion. He Revolutionised The Way The Computer Was Percieved And He Changed Gaming For The Good When He Released DirectX.

    The Fact He Is Also An Avid Donator To Charities Around The World Makes Him Even More Likable.

    Bill Gates - I Salute You!

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    Oh, yes, I respect him a lot, it just bugs me how billionaires giving to charity are praised. Big money and can help lots, sure, but still if I gave 5 cents it'd be more of a sacrifice from me. I guess if you're filthy rich you're already expected not to keep it all to yourself.

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    The 400 Richest Americans - Forbes.com - Dated (09.21.06, 6:00 PM ET)

    The Top Ten
    William H. Gates III
    Warren E. Buffett
    Sheldon Adelson
    Lawrence J. Ellison
    Paul G. Allen
    Jim C Walton
    Christy Walton
    S. Robson Walton
    Michael Dell
    Alice L. Walton

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shawnmb View Post
    The 400 Richest Americans - Forbes.com - Dated (09.21.06, 6:00 PM ET)

    The Top Ten
    William H. Gates III
    Warren E. Buffett
    Sheldon Adelson
    Lawrence J. Ellison
    Paul G. Allen
    Jim C Walton
    Christy Walton
    S. Robson Walton
    Michael Dell
    Alice L. Walton
    the date says 06. thats quite outdated.

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    Less than five months. Forbes maintain an official list of the "richest people" which they publish in their magazine.

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    Captain of the Universe Rishwin is offline
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shawnmb View Post
    Less than five months. Forbes maintain an official list of the "richest people" which they publish in their magazine.
    less than five months? thats ALOT.
    considering the fact that Carlos Slim earnt $4 billion in 2 months...

    as of April 2007, the top 5 are now:

    Bill Gates
    Carlos Slim Hel

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    I think you guys are getting confused between worth and actual money in the bank, Gates has and always will be worth so much as he controls so much of the world Ikea, pfft Fk that. I was gonna go to Ikea but it looked poop. oh and theres like 2 in england?1 wtf

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    Re: Move over bill gates!

    i thoguht #1 was osme guy from sadi arabia who struck oil? O.O



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