Bill Gates dropped to a record low in the Forbes rating. According to Independent, the divorce with Melinda Gates sent a billionaire for the fourth position in the list of the richest people.
Own capital Gates grew by $ 23 billion compared to 2020 and is now about 134 billion dollars. Founder Microsoft ahead of Jeff Bezos from Amazon, Ilon Mask from Tesla and Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook, as the shares of their companies have grown. Gates, on the contrary, lost securities worth about $ 5.7 billion after a divorce with Melinda Frenc Gates. If it were not for the parting that occurred in May 2021, the Founder of Microsoft could beat Zuckerberg and take the third position in the ranking.
Forbes appreciated the state of Gates on September 3, 2021, when his share in Microsoft cost $ 31 billion. The remaining billionaire funds are related to its investment firm Cascade Investment and other assets. Through Cascade Gates owns the Four Seasons Hotels Strickeling Package, as well as securities of many other companies.
For the first time, Gates was included in the Forbes list in 1986 – at that time his condition was estimated at $ 315 million, and it belonged 45 percent of Microsoft shares. In 31 years he became the youngest billionaire in the world, when the company’s securities sharply increased his personal capital to 1.25 billion dollars. In 1991, he moved from 16 places to the second in the list, and in 1992 he became the richest man.
The State of Gates has decreased for the first time in 2000, when he left his post of Director General of Microsoft and translated 20 billion dollars to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is currently the largest charitable organization in the world. In 2018, the first place in the list of the richest people took Jeff Bezos, and in 2020 Ilon Mask turned out to be in the second position.
Gates can still return the third place in the list. The company Zuckerberg Facebook is now experiencing not the best time. After October 4, the social network collapsed for six hours, Zuckerberg lost 6.6 billion dollars. Facebook also carries reputational risks, since the former manager accused the company that it puts the profit of the above mental health of users, which led to a series of accurate articles in the media.