How rich is Bill Gates?

In 2000, Gates and his wife combined three family foundations and Gates donated stock valued at $5 billion to create the charitable Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which was identified by the Funds for NGOs company in 2013, as the world's wealthiest charitable foundation, with assets reportedly valued at more than $34.6 billion. read more

Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft, and is the second richest man in the world. Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975, and it’s since then become the largest PC software company in the world. read more

Bill Gates Calls For, And Funds, Steps To Prevent A Global Pandemic For years Bill Gates has been an optimist about the future of public health. However, there is one area that worries him— the possibility of a global pandemic. read more

Move over Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos is officially the richest man in the world. Amazon's CEO seized the top spot onForbes’ 32nd Annual World Billionaires List for the first time on Tuesday. Centi-billionaire Bezos’ fortune rose to $112 billion, the biggest single-year gain ever, allowing him to dethrone Gates, worth just $90 billion. read more