Microsoft Founder and ex-chairman, Bill Gates is now, according to the Forbes the richest man in the world. Forbes claim that Bill Gates is now worth at $76Billion and has taken over Mexico’s Carlos Slim who was at that position for the past 4 years. Gates recently stepped down from his post as the chairman and decided to work as the Technology advisor, along side CEO Satya Nadella. “I’ll have over a third of my time available to meet with product groups, and it’ll be fun to define this next round of products working together,” Gates said last month. When away from Microsoft’s headquarters, Gates will continue to focus his attention on various philanthropic projects including The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates has also given in charity over $28Billion over the past few years.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg’s net worth at $28.5 billion, is now closer to Billionaires like Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. And thanks to the Acquisition offer, WhatsApp founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton have joined the billionaires list.
Source: TheVerge
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