Bill Gates Would Be a Trillionaire if He Diamond Handed Microsoft


If Bill Gates kept all of his shares after the first day of the Microsoft IPO he would now be a trillionaire. This would even allow for several billion in charitable donations. Bill Gates had 49% of Microsoft going into the IPO of Microsoft and had 45% after the first day of the IPO.
Microsoft is now a $2.27 trillion company. 45% of that is $1.02 trillion. Microsoft starting…
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