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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: RaZoR1394 on 5 May 2006, 12:05

Title: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: RaZoR1394 on 5 May 2006, 12:05: Quote
The corporate leader says he doesn't like the attention of being the world's richest man.

LINK (http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/04/news/newsmakers/gates.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes)

Haha, poor poor Bill.
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: Refalm on 5 May 2006, 12:10: He should give all his money to GNU, the Linux kernel project and OSDL if he feels this way.
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 5 May 2006, 18:08: Yup ... he should ... but he's a liar and he won't :fu: Bill
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: Refalm on 5 May 2006, 18:27: If he stopped being the CEO of Microsoft, his wealth would drop (still having millions though) and in 20 years, no one would have heard of him.
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 5 May 2006, 18:39: I certainly don't envy him.
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: Pathos on 7 May 2006, 11:23: Quote from: Refalm
If he stopped being the CEO of Microsoft, his wealth would drop (still having millions though) and in 20 years, no one would have heard of him.

how would he lose so much? because stock price would plummet without him???
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: Refalm on 7 May 2006, 14:37: Quote from: Pathos
how would he lose so much? because stock price would plummet without him???

No, because his income will decline when he stops being the CEO of Microsoft (or doing anything at Microsoft), I don't think he's getting nearly as much from stocks then from Microsoft income.
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: WMD on 7 May 2006, 18:51: Quote from: Refalm
No, because his income will decline when he stops being the CEO of Microsoft

Well, that was six years ago. Hindsight says otherwise. :p (He's Chairman.)
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: GenuineAdvantage on 8 May 2006, 04:15: Pfft, what can a CEO do. It's all up to the developers. Oh those developers!
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: mobrien_12 on 8 May 2006, 04:30: You know, Bill needs to be kicked in the nuts really really hard for this.

If he gave away a serious percentage of his wealth to charity, he could solve that "problem" immediately, while still having more money than most Americans could ever dream of seeing in their lifetimes.
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: H_TeXMeX_H on 8 May 2006, 07:11: Greedy bastard ... he's such a greedy bastard ... the only question is if I were him would I be that greedy too ? I'd like to say no ...
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: bobzyk on 8 May 2006, 14:43: After reading "The Microsoft File", I can only have contempt for the way Gates operated MS from day 1.
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: 7031 on 6 June 2006, 22:32: Yeah right. I don't believe he is giving his money to charity either, probable the Satan charity though.
Title: Re: Bill Gates wishes he weren't so rich
Post by: HPC GUY on 19 June 2006, 19:08: this dude is a total hermit outside of public appearances and work. he cant go anywhere with out being mobbed and constantly asked for money. I would totally hate that.