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http://evan.quuxuum.org/bgnw.html#Worth
Interesting stuff. read for yourself:
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How much is Bill worth right now?
We obviously do not have a full reckoning of everything Bill owns. But,
according to the Yahoo! Insider Trades site, Bill has 1,077,499,336 shares
of MSFT.
This figure reflects all trades made through Nov/04/30, which is the most
recent trade. (Thanks to Jeff Call for the pointer!)
As of 13:50 on 12/06/04 , Microsoft was selling for $27.38 .
Some simple multiplication tells us that he owns $29,501,931,819.68 worth of
Microsoft stock. (That's $29.5 Billion.)
MSFT: Microsoft Stock
Microsoft has a total of 10,700,000,000 shares outstanding, worth a total of
$292,966,000,000, which is Microsoft's market capitalization. (That's
$292.97 Billion.)
Bill's 1,077,499,336 shares represents 10.07% of Microsoft.
On March 13, 1986, the day Microsoft went public, according to Microsoft's
Public Relations Department, Bill owned 11,142,000 shares of MSFT stock. At
MSFT's IPO price of $21 per share Bill's initial fortune was worth
$233,982,000 or $233.98 Million. Adjusted for splits, if Bill had not sold
any stock since then, he would have 3,208,896,000 shares. Those shares would
be worth $87,859,572,480.00 or $87.86 Billion today. Thanks to Michael Noer
and Julie Sullivan at Wired Magazine for their help here.
Microsoft stock's all-time high price (adjusted for splits) is $119.75. That
means that Bill's all-time high net worth (if he hadn't sold any shares) is:
$129,030,545,486.00 or $129.03 Billion.
If Bill had never sold any of his MSFT stock, at his maximum price, Bill's
share would be worth: $384,265,296,000.00 or $384.27 Billion.
Microsoft went public on March 13, 1986. Its IPO price was $21/share, which,
after adjustments for splits is equivalent to 7.29¢.
Microsoft stock has split a total of 9 times, increasing the number of
shares, and decreasing each share's value by a factor of 288. If MSFT stock
had never split, the share price today would be $7885.44. (Thanks to Michael
Chauvin for the suggestion)
Important Disclaimer
No Microsoft employee, including Bill Gates has anything to do with the
creation and maintenance of this web site. As far as we know, Bill has never
even seen this site. The people who maintain this site are of average
financial means, and have no access whatsoever to Mr. Gates' vast fortune.
While we are sure that there are some people reading this page who are in
genuine need of financial assistance, PLEASE stop asking us for donations of
Mr. Gates' money. We simply don't have any of it. (We often wish we did,
too, though.) Thank you.
We also have no way of contacting Mr. Gates. You can visit his web site,
though. Any inquiries sent to us about sharing Mr. Gates's wealth will be
ignored.
......... Read more at : http://evan.quuxuum.org/bgnw.html#Worth
http://evan.quuxuum.org/bgnw.html#Worth
Interesting stuff. read for yourself:
----------------------
How much is Bill worth right now?
We obviously do not have a full reckoning of everything Bill owns. But,
according to the Yahoo! Insider Trades site, Bill has 1,077,499,336 shares
of MSFT.
This figure reflects all trades made through Nov/04/30, which is the most
recent trade. (Thanks to Jeff Call for the pointer!)
As of 13:50 on 12/06/04 , Microsoft was selling for $27.38 .
Some simple multiplication tells us that he owns $29,501,931,819.68 worth of
Microsoft stock. (That's $29.5 Billion.)
MSFT: Microsoft Stock
Microsoft has a total of 10,700,000,000 shares outstanding, worth a total of
$292,966,000,000, which is Microsoft's market capitalization. (That's
$292.97 Billion.)
Bill's 1,077,499,336 shares represents 10.07% of Microsoft.
On March 13, 1986, the day Microsoft went public, according to Microsoft's
Public Relations Department, Bill owned 11,142,000 shares of MSFT stock. At
MSFT's IPO price of $21 per share Bill's initial fortune was worth
$233,982,000 or $233.98 Million. Adjusted for splits, if Bill had not sold
any stock since then, he would have 3,208,896,000 shares. Those shares would
be worth $87,859,572,480.00 or $87.86 Billion today. Thanks to Michael Noer
and Julie Sullivan at Wired Magazine for their help here.
Microsoft stock's all-time high price (adjusted for splits) is $119.75. That
means that Bill's all-time high net worth (if he hadn't sold any shares) is:
$129,030,545,486.00 or $129.03 Billion.
If Bill had never sold any of his MSFT stock, at his maximum price, Bill's
share would be worth: $384,265,296,000.00 or $384.27 Billion.
Microsoft went public on March 13, 1986. Its IPO price was $21/share, which,
after adjustments for splits is equivalent to 7.29¢.
Microsoft stock has split a total of 9 times, increasing the number of
shares, and decreasing each share's value by a factor of 288. If MSFT stock
had never split, the share price today would be $7885.44. (Thanks to Michael
Chauvin for the suggestion)
Important Disclaimer
No Microsoft employee, including Bill Gates has anything to do with the
creation and maintenance of this web site. As far as we know, Bill has never
even seen this site. The people who maintain this site are of average
financial means, and have no access whatsoever to Mr. Gates' vast fortune.
While we are sure that there are some people reading this page who are in
genuine need of financial assistance, PLEASE stop asking us for donations of
Mr. Gates' money. We simply don't have any of it. (We often wish we did,
too, though.) Thank you.
We also have no way of contacting Mr. Gates. You can visit his web site,
though. Any inquiries sent to us about sharing Mr. Gates's wealth will be
ignored.
......... Read more at : http://evan.quuxuum.org/bgnw.html#Worth