Wednesday, November 11, 2015
9 very rare facts about Bill Gates
Who doesn't know Bill Gates! The owner of the Microsoft Corporation, probably is worth a big-fat figure of $79 Billions. That's billions only, no need to have a second thought about it. You might know the overly-heard facts of him being a drop out student of Harvard and that he and Paul Allen found the Software firm in 1975 when Gates was just 20 year old etc. But below are some very rare facts know about him and his early life that'll keep you interested:
1. Unlike other big, successful names who have made their way to the top through poverty and a lot of struggle, Gates comes from a family who has never been financially umstable. His father was a lawyer and great-grandfather, founded a bank which was later inherited by his grandfather who reportedly set-up a million dollar trust fund for Bill.
2. Every night after the dinner, he washes the dinner dishes himself and when offered help from someone else, "Other people offer help but I like the way I do it.", he answers.
3. Loves splurging on his private airplane, and like to call it his "guilty pleasure". Mimd you, the private jet that Bill Gates owns is gigantic and must cost a fortune to maintain.
4. Bill Gates, in his early days at Microsoft, was notorious for chucking f-bombs during his conferences and in emails. But the sources who are his own people who worked with him back then, claims to never saw him dropping them on people personally.
5. During his young days, he used to collect Porsches that he drove crazily and would eventually be fined a speeding ticket. It was then, he decided to hire a traffic attorney. Bill once crashed into a car in the employee parking lot followed by, him handing over his business card to the victim. "Send the bill to Bill" meme became famous around that time.
6. We don't know about being witty but Bill has a good sense of humour. Though they are usually geeky and tech related. And last year he did a video with Jimmy Fallon which went "viral" like a forest fire.
7. Has a goal to donate atleast $100Bn to the charity, in his lifetime.
The Non Profit Organisation isn't the only place at the end of receiving of his charity, he also donates and aims to invest in the project to supply the clean energy to the unfartunate ones. That is one huge Philanthropist!
8. Selling off stock to use the money for his charity work, that is what Gates has been doing for years. Which means Microsoft isn't the main source of his worth. He is also investing in other businesses to keep the funding for his non-profit organisation named "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation" continuous.
9. Since, the programming prodigy has been selling his stocks in large bulks over the years in every passing month, he is also no longer the biggest shareholder of Microsoft. Steve Ballmer was officially announced the man in 2014.
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