Bill Gates Drops To Number 2 388
A number of readers made sure we know that Bill Gates is apparently no longer the world's richest person. His wealth, estimated currently at $59.2 billion, has been surpassed by that of Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim. Slim, the son of a Lebanese immigrant, runs businesses in a number of industries from Mexico City. Stock in his wireless company, American Movil, recently surged in price by 27%, boosting his net worth to $67.8 billion. Last April Slim passed Warren Buffet, who had long held down the number 2 spot. In this audio Bill Gates says he won't care when he is no longer number 1.
As Q Would Say... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hmmm (Score:1, Funny)
Better now?
oh, drops TO number two! (Score:5, Funny)
I though "man, is this a slow news day or what?!" and "Did he flush?"
I guess it's time to get some sleep. Or stop smoking crack. Either way.
Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)
QUICK ! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:QUICK ! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Bill Gates. Bankrupt? When? (Score:5, Funny)
believing a haiku here,
i was badly wrong
Re:We still hate him (Score:2, Funny)
I'm quite sure Bill doesn't give a "number 2" (Score:5, Funny)
At some point, money ceases to matter. When you have more than you can spend, there's a dividing point for people. Either they stop caring, and I think Bill did. Why else would he start a charity fund? Or they get even greedier and want MOAAAAAAR, with "getting money" becoming a reason to exist all by itself. Which is kinda sad (I've seen it in a few friends in the dot.com time).
I doubt Bill falls in the latter category. I'm fairly sure he read it, shrugged and went on with his life. Being rich is not a matter of having more than the other rich guy. Just more than most others, so your money actually has some value. If everyone was rich, money would be useless.
breathe in UAC breathe out UAC (Score:5, Funny)
Re:We still hate him (Score:5, Funny)
How poetic!
Re:Sigh (Score:2, Funny)
I, for one... (Score:3, Funny)
*bows*