[thechat] Bill Gates

[William Anderson]

---- Original Message ----
From: "Paul Cowan" <evolt at funkwit.com>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: [thechat] Bill Gates

> Syed Zeeshan Haider wrote:
> > 1.    Bill Gate earns $250 every SECOND, that's about $20 million a
> > DAY and $7.8 billion a YEAR!
>
> <snip>
>
> > 3.    US's national debt is about $5.62 trillion. If  Bill Gates
> > wants to pay he debt by himself; he will finish it in less then 10
> > years.
>
> Amusing post... but... um. Is it just me or is $5.62 trillion (US
> trillion, I assume: 5.62x10^12), divided by divided by $7.8 (US)
> billion (7.8x10^9) work out to 720 years?
>
> I mean... he's rich... but he's not THAT rich. It's just a pity the
> original author wasn't very good at mathematics. He.

The calculations I've quoted have included the fact that Bill's wealth's
annual rate of growth is 33.81%pa, meaning he'll be a trillionaire on
November 20th, 2014.

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