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Bill Gates – America’s richest man for the 14th year in a row

On Friday, 21st September, Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates was named the richest man in America for the 14th Year in a row, according to Forbes magazines latest list of the wealthiest Americans. It is stated that his net worth is US$59.0 billion; not bad for a Harvard drop-out.

The entry for the rich list this year has increased to $1.3 billion, which is quite a high about you would have to say. Having founded Microsoft 32 years ago, Bill Gates has turned himself into a billionaire and become a household name.

The list also included Warren Buffet (US$52.0 billion), Oracle Chief Executive Lawrence Ellison (US$26.0 billion), Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page (US$18.5 billion), and Michael Dell (US$17.2 billion).

You can view the slideshow of Forbes’ list of the richest American by clicking here.

Bill Gates, and many of these other names on the Forbes Rich List, are perfect examples of the positive outcomes of an entrepreneurial spirit. These people epitomize what can happen if you have vision, are dedicated, and most importantly persevere and never give up.

To all the entrepreneurs out there, we can learn many great lessons from these individuals, whose actions have inspired millions, and changed the world in one way or another.

So many opportunities are out there, and we are the ones that can make the most of them. So if you have an idea, give it a shot, you never know where you will end up, even on the Forbes rich list. What are you waiting for?


This entry was posted on Monday, September 24th, 2007 at 4:50 pm and is filed under Entrepreneur, Microsoft. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Bill Gates – America’s richest man for the 14th year in a row”

  1. Dane Stern Says:
    October 1st, 2007 at 8:14 pm

    nice blog josh, i like ur inspirational message at the end

    what might be interesting is discussing the vast number of our fellow “members of the tribe” in the Forbes list

    i had a quick glance and found 17 jewish names in the top 50 alone!! and that includes 5 of the top 8 — adelson, ellison, brin, page (whose mother’s jewish) and dell.

    no coincidence either … the brits’ sunday times rich list also had 4 or 5 yids in the top 10, and i’m sure ur familiar with the BRW list here

  2. Josh Anstey Says:
    October 2nd, 2007 at 4:03 pm

    Hi Dane,

    Thanks for your comment. Interesting ideas that you have brought up. I will have a look into it.

    Great to hear that you are enjoying my blog.
    Have a great day, and I look forwarwd to hearing more of your comments :-)

    Cheers,

    Josh

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