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Give it another 20-40 years and the world will have the first trillionaire person. 4% inflation over 40 years multiplies the money amount by about 4.8x.
by Aerroon 5y ago
Give it another 20-40 years and the world will have the first trillionaire person. 4% inflation over 40 years multiplies the money amount by about 4.8x.
- HWR_14 5y agoBill Gates owned 49% of MSFT in 2007. He could have already hit 1 trillion by doing nothing.
- xref 5y agoSupposedly he owned 49% when they went public in 1986, down to 24% in 1996, down to 1.3% in 2017, for anyone interested. https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/15/16148370/bill-gates-microsoft-shares-sale-2017 https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/15/16148370/bill-gates-micro... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-gates-idUSBREA410YS20140503 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-gates-idUSBREA4...
- HWR_14 5y agoThank you, I misremembered when he started divesting. I thought he maintained his shares until halfway through he Ballmer CEOship.