How does Bill Gates earn money?

Edited from the original post: Robert Parker's answer to What are the best examples of someone being famous for one thing, but actually got rich, or made most of their money, doing something else? read more

So I was searching for some Information about the world’s richest man according to a report by wealth-x bill gates earn about 130 USD per seconds below is a simple calculation how much money does bill gates make approximate return of investment. the calculation is based on this net worth in 2017 and 2018. read more

Assuming that Bill Gates had a regular bank savings account with an interest rate of 3 %, he would earn around $7.3 million dollar a day. Every hour $304.000 would be added to his fortune and every minute his bank account shows a plus of $5000. And even every single second of the day Bill Gates makes $84. read more

Gates was in No. 1 position on the Forbes list from 1995 to 2007 and again in 2009. On May 16 Bloomberg announced that Bill Gates was back on top with an estimated net worth of $72.7 billion. 2. read more