1. Bill Gates (Net worth: $90 billion)
Bill Gates is a co-founder of Microsoft Corporation and one of the richest men in the world. Thanks to Microsoft, Gates has contributed to the development of the personal computer by providing an operating system that can run on various computers. Gates also extends Microsoft’s reach beyond the operating system for browsers, media players, search engines, web-based email, and other software applications.
Bill Gates, one of Harvard’s top-five defectors, is surprisingly good at getting riches, even for a wealthy man. The assets of the co-founder of Microsoft have more than doubled since 2009.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has also spent billions of dollars fighting polio and malaria. He also pledged $ 50 million in 2014 to fight the Ebola virus. Bill Gates is currently a board member of Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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