by Staff writer
The earth has never known a trillionaire before.
But fiscal experts are directly maxim it is possible.
And, close likely, that commencement trillionaire would hold upwardly Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
According to question yesteryear Oxfam, an international network of organizations collectively working to alleviate global poverty, 8 billionaires from some the globe accept every bit much coin every bit the 3.6 billion people who brand upwardly the poorest one-half of the world's population.
These 8 billionaires ain the same wealth every bit one-half of the world's poorest population.
The 8 billionaires mentioned inwards the study are:
When Bill Gates left Microsoft inwards 2006, his internet worth was $50 billion, according to Oxfam.
By 2016, his wealth had increased to $75 billion, "despite his commendable attempts to seat it away through his Foundation," the study says.
In improver to the charitable run Gates does through his personal foundation, he is i of the founding members of The Giving Pledge, a commitment from some of the richest individuals inwards the earth to seat away to a greater extent than than one-half of their worth.
According to Forbes, Gates is directly worth over $84 billion.
If his investments proceed doing every bit good every bit they accept been, the 61-year-old Gates could indeed conk the world's commencement trillionaire.
"In such an environment, if y'all are already rich, y'all accept to assay difficult non to proceed getting a lot richer," Oxfam notes. Sumber http://www.dnbstories.com/
The earth has never known a trillionaire before.
But fiscal experts are directly maxim it is possible.
And, close likely, that commencement trillionaire would hold upwardly Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
According to question yesteryear Oxfam, an international network of organizations collectively working to alleviate global poverty, 8 billionaires from some the globe accept every bit much coin every bit the 3.6 billion people who brand upwardly the poorest one-half of the world's population.
These 8 billionaires ain the same wealth every bit one-half of the world's poorest population.
The 8 billionaires mentioned inwards the study are:
- Veteran investor Warren Buffett
- Microsoft's Bill Gates
- Inditex founder Amancio Ortega
- Mexico's Carlos Slim
- Amazon primary executive Jeff Bezos
- Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
- Oracle's Larry Ellison and
- former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
When Bill Gates left Microsoft inwards 2006, his internet worth was $50 billion, according to Oxfam.
By 2016, his wealth had increased to $75 billion, "despite his commendable attempts to seat it away through his Foundation," the study says.
In improver to the charitable run Gates does through his personal foundation, he is i of the founding members of The Giving Pledge, a commitment from some of the richest individuals inwards the earth to seat away to a greater extent than than one-half of their worth.
According to Forbes, Gates is directly worth over $84 billion.
If his investments proceed doing every bit good every bit they accept been, the 61-year-old Gates could indeed conk the world's commencement trillionaire.
"In such an environment, if y'all are already rich, y'all accept to assay difficult non to proceed getting a lot richer," Oxfam notes. Sumber http://www.dnbstories.com/