And Gates' is 54 billion.
What a worthless fellow Steve Jobs is.
P.S. Please stop saying that people are worth the money they own, it suggests that to you it is money that defines a person's worth. Is that what you believe, really? Where zdnet goes to find "writers" such as yourself is a mystery to me. Are you for real?
Gates still richest in U.S. - Facebook's Zuckerberg surprises
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Forbes list of the 400 richest people in the U.S.
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No surprise here: Bill Gates is the richest man in the United States. However, some may be surprised that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Forbes list of the 400 richest people in America.
Gates, the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, topped the list--again--with an estimated wealth valuation of $54 billion. Second on the list was Berkshire Hathaway CEO and Gates pal Warren Buffett with $45 billion. Rounding out the top three was Oracle CEO Larry Ellison with $27 billion.
The intrigue comes much lower on the list, where Zuckerberg, who didn't even qualify as a billionaire last year, ranked higher than Jobs, who founded Apple some eight years before Zuckerberg was even born. Ranked at No. 35, Zuckerberg ($6.9 billion) got a boost last year from a $200 million infusion of cash in his social-networking titan. Despite Apple recently passing Microsoft in valuation, the majority of Jobs' (No. 42; $6.1 billion) net worth comes from his shares in Disney, which bought his Pixar animation studio in 2006 for $7.4 billion.
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@OS Reload Agree with you. Those people can have all the money in the world, but still there's no cure for cancer. Didn't Jobs have cancer not too long ago ?
Perhaps they will never find a cure for cancer (or other illnesses) because it definitely would have an impact on overpopulation of the world. But that's another article for a different time and place.
Perhaps they will never find a cure for cancer (or other illnesses) because it definitely would have an impact on overpopulation of the world. But that's another article for a different time and place.
In all likelihood only people with few children would have the financial means to benefit (those and the rich, of course.) Those who tend to procreate beyond sustainable levels could never afford such expensive treatment.
Also, most benefiters from a cure to cancer would benefit from it after their fertile age has passed so while the impact on population growth would be negligible its impact on longevity and quality of life would be huge.
Also, most benefiters from a cure to cancer would benefit from it after their fertile age has passed so while the impact on population growth would be negligible its impact on longevity and quality of life would be huge.
@OS Reload
"Writers" who use the English language you mean? One of the uses of the word "worth" does indeed mean EXACTLY that: how much money does a person have or have access to.
"Writers" who use the English language you mean? One of the uses of the word "worth" does indeed mean EXACTLY that: how much money does a person have or have access to.
he was pointing out that Zuckerberg was richer then Jobs, and that Job's wealth comes from Disney, not Apple.
Where did he say he was worthless?
Where did he say he was worthless?
@John Zern
A lot of people are richer than Jobs, he only makes $1 a year!
(ok get a sense of humor people)
A lot of people are richer than Jobs, he only makes $1 a year!
(ok get a sense of humor people)
Who would you rather be: Apple or (Microsoft / Dell / HTC / Motorola / etc)
Of course in their minds, the answer is always "Apple" because their market cap is bigger or they make more profit in the mobile market or one of a hundred metrics that shift from situation to situation so that Apple is always "#1". I've always laughed at that question and the stupidity behind it because none of us can be a company. It is a stupid question. A better question is:
Who would you rather be: Steve Jobs or Bill Gates?
That is an easy answer.
Of course in their minds, the answer is always "Apple" because their market cap is bigger or they make more profit in the mobile market or one of a hundred metrics that shift from situation to situation so that Apple is always "#1". I've always laughed at that question and the stupidity behind it because none of us can be a company. It is a stupid question. A better question is:
Who would you rather be: Steve Jobs or Bill Gates?
That is an easy answer.
none of them!
They are both too close to the grave for comfort.
And besides, no matter how much money they have there's no way it can buy them my looks.
P.S. The same goes for Zuck, with the exception of the part about closeness to the grave.
They are both too close to the grave for comfort.
And besides, no matter how much money they have there's no way it can buy them my looks.
P.S. The same goes for Zuck, with the exception of the part about closeness to the grave.
@MSZealot
First of all, being me is just fine.
Bill Gates once was the powerfull CEO of a company, that once had the highest market capitalization among IT Companies.
Steve Jobs is the powerfull CEO of a company, that has the highest market capitalization among IT Companies.
So being Steve Jobs is certainly more interesting, more challenging and more demanding.
And I have to deceive some hopes about the money Bill Gates can spent. He simply can't spent several billions on booze, birds and fast cars and just squander the rest of these $54 billion (freely adapted from George Best).
Most of his money is locked in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that is dedicated to bringing innovations in health, development, and learning to the global community not forgetting the huge amount of taxes it is dedicated to avoid.
This money can only be spent for specific purposes.
By the way, I don't know how to squander $6.1 billion. You seem to know. Please tell me.
First of all, being me is just fine.
Bill Gates once was the powerfull CEO of a company, that once had the highest market capitalization among IT Companies.
Steve Jobs is the powerfull CEO of a company, that has the highest market capitalization among IT Companies.
So being Steve Jobs is certainly more interesting, more challenging and more demanding.
And I have to deceive some hopes about the money Bill Gates can spent. He simply can't spent several billions on booze, birds and fast cars and just squander the rest of these $54 billion (freely adapted from George Best).
Most of his money is locked in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that is dedicated to bringing innovations in health, development, and learning to the global community not forgetting the huge amount of taxes it is dedicated to avoid.
This money can only be spent for specific purposes.
By the way, I don't know how to squander $6.1 billion. You seem to know. Please tell me.
@HerbertH_02
that has the highest market capitalization
You do realize, don't you, that market capitalization is a virtual number that is simply the number of virtual shares multiplied by the virtual value assigned to those shares at a specific point in time, right? Apple's market cap could double in size or shrink by half without making the CEO's job any more or less interesting, challenging, or demanding.
MS is a company with a much more diverse product line-up, a far larger headcount, with far larger sales than Apple. Those are real numbers that truly do make a CEO's job more interesting, challenging and more demanding. To believe that marketcap is a good measure of anything but the investing community's WAGs about a company's worth is laughable to the extreme!
Ultimately though, you are right, both are filthy rich. So if we were going to dig deeper into the issue, I would rather be the man that was admired for my charity work, that was respected as a kind and caring human being and didn't come across as an arrogant pompous @ss every time I opened my mouth. I would rather be the man that introduced computing to the masses than the man who believes that only the wealthy should be able to have a computer. I would rather be Bill Gates. Steve Jobs comes across as an utterly miserable, despicable man. I wouldn't want to be that.
that has the highest market capitalization
You do realize, don't you, that market capitalization is a virtual number that is simply the number of virtual shares multiplied by the virtual value assigned to those shares at a specific point in time, right? Apple's market cap could double in size or shrink by half without making the CEO's job any more or less interesting, challenging, or demanding.
MS is a company with a much more diverse product line-up, a far larger headcount, with far larger sales than Apple. Those are real numbers that truly do make a CEO's job more interesting, challenging and more demanding. To believe that marketcap is a good measure of anything but the investing community's WAGs about a company's worth is laughable to the extreme!
Ultimately though, you are right, both are filthy rich. So if we were going to dig deeper into the issue, I would rather be the man that was admired for my charity work, that was respected as a kind and caring human being and didn't come across as an arrogant pompous @ss every time I opened my mouth. I would rather be the man that introduced computing to the masses than the man who believes that only the wealthy should be able to have a computer. I would rather be Bill Gates. Steve Jobs comes across as an utterly miserable, despicable man. I wouldn't want to be that.
@MSZealot
utterly miserable, despicable man
Reminds me of someone. Have to think about it.
utterly miserable, despicable man
Reminds me of someone. Have to think about it.
@HerbertH_02
I don't have to think about it too hard though. Most iDiots seem to be utterly miserable, despicable people. athynz is cool though. So is kenosha.
I don't have to think about it too hard though. Most iDiots seem to be utterly miserable, despicable people. athynz is cool though. So is kenosha.
@MSZealot
and you are by the far the most miserable, hate-spitting person on this board. you really poison the world around you with your utter and unreflected hatred. you need help. really.
p.s., as always your "facts" are wrong. microsoft will sell less this quarter than apple. but why would you care.
and you are by the far the most miserable, hate-spitting person on this board. you really poison the world around you with your utter and unreflected hatred. you need help. really.
p.s., as always your "facts" are wrong. microsoft will sell less this quarter than apple. but why would you care.
@NonZealot
yes, i actually agree with you! it's easy.
who would you rather be? a liar and a thief that has inflicted two decades of the dark age of computing upon the world and is currently trying to buy his way into heaven with ill-gotten gains or a visionary that invented the PC, re-invented the mp3-player, the phone and now tablet computing making the world a much better, more productive place and 100s of million of customers happy in the process. hmmm, tough call.
yes, i actually agree with you! it's easy.
who would you rather be? a liar and a thief that has inflicted two decades of the dark age of computing upon the world and is currently trying to buy his way into heaven with ill-gotten gains or a visionary that invented the PC, re-invented the mp3-player, the phone and now tablet computing making the world a much better, more productive place and 100s of million of customers happy in the process. hmmm, tough call.
... he has already given out more than 25 billion, and will continue doing so... I suspect Larry Ellison will overtake Gates in a year or two
@Roque Mocan
Gates donates billions of dollars. Steve Jobs doesn't even tip well.
Gates donates billions of dollars. Steve Jobs doesn't even tip well.
and better than over 6 billion living humans too.
Sheesh...
Sheesh...
@Roque Mocan actually Larry Ellison is also part of the same core group of world billionaires who have pledged to give more than half of their wealth away. I forgot the site but you could google it. Most have pet projects such as Malaria, Cancer research, and third world sanitation projects. I would venture that after a certain point, its not about how much you make but what you do with it.
get twice what you've spent through direct foreign government benefits and the use of your newly gained influence to get those foreign governments to help you bring competitors down, particularly Linux.
It is truly a remarkable Biden deal for Gates and Co, how could they refuse a deal like this?
It is truly a remarkable Biden deal for Gates and Co, how could they refuse a deal like this?
one of the most clueless humans I have seen post here.
I have pointed out how your human emotion "jealosy" toward Bill Gates and anything Microsoft related, has made you what you humans call "a joke".
The only deal I see here is that once again you post ridiculous "arguments" in an attept to draw people away from the positive aspects of what is being written.
And if you are going to post "facts" please endeavor to use actual facts, and not those conceived from your vivid imagination.
I have pointed out how your human emotion "jealosy" toward Bill Gates and anything Microsoft related, has made you what you humans call "a joke".
The only deal I see here is that once again you post ridiculous "arguments" in an attept to draw people away from the positive aspects of what is being written.
And if you are going to post "facts" please endeavor to use actual facts, and not those conceived from your vivid imagination.
To drop down on the list, and I doubt anyone would hold that against him.
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