How many Microsoft shares does Bill Gates have?
Forbes Magazine says that Bill Gates is worth 53 billion dollars. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/10/billionaires-2010_William-Gates-III_BH69.html He has stepped down from the leadership of Microsoft and is now a Philanthropist. Software visionary is now the world’s second-richest man. Net worth still up $13 billion in a year as Microsoft shares rose 50% in 12 months, value of investment vehicle Cascade swelled. More than 60% of fortune held outside Microsoft; investments include Four Seasons hotels, Televisa, Auto Nation. Stepped down from day-to-day duties at Microsoft in 2008 to focus on philanthropy. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation dedicated to fighting hunger, improving education in America’s high schools, developing vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS.
