Sept 29 2014
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is once again the richest person in America. Gates sits atop Forbes’ list of the 400 wealthiest Americans with a total net worth of $81.2 billion – roughly $13.4 billion more than the next richest American on the list, Warren Buffett.
The fact that Gates has retained such wealth is telling when you consider he’s donated nearly a third of his money – $30 billion – to charity through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. That much money on its own would be the 16th most in the US.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is once again the richest person in America. Gates sits atop Forbes’ list of the 400 wealthiest Americans with a total net worth of $81.2 billion – roughly $13.4 billion more than the next richest American on the list, Warren Buffett.
The fact that Gates has retained such wealth is telling when you consider he’s donated nearly a third of his money – $30 billion – to charity through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. That much money on its own would be the 16th most in the US.
