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The reason is because the future value of a company was a part of his compensation, for creating the company in the first place. There is nothing wrong with se

• hannasanarion 7y ago
  But they aren't Gates' contributions. He doesn't have anything to do with modern Windows operations. Windows 10 was built by people that he never met. Why does he deserve the proceeds of their work? Why does he deserve it virtually tax free? Why does he deserve more than the average MS worker can make in a million years while doing no work himself, just because he owns some pieces of paper? Seriously, you could have worked at Microsoft as a full time engineer from the time before the genus Homo evolved to the present, through 100 ice ages, and still not have been paid as much as Bill Gates has in his retirement. How can you possibly justify this?
  • stale2002 7y ago
    > Why does he deserve it virtually tax free? Because as a part of someone's compensation, you can be paid for with future value. > How can you possibly justify this? If I want to sell off my future value of my future work, in exchange for someone else's past work, that is my right to do so, that's why.