Comments on: Bill Gates Dethroned as the World’s Richest Man

By: travis

travis — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:45:47 +0000

slim is mexican he has done more for his nation than bill gates times 1000000 he donates money for surgery for schools and much more. the mexican people admire him for that. he isnt some stuck up wall street to-good-for-you person. he once donated 100,000 computers to schools in mexico. he seems like the only one who cares about the poor in mexico. since when do you see images of starving mexican kids on the tv??? never!!!because america is a rascist country.
carlos slim is a legend!

By: Caitrine

Caitrine — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:47:00 +0000

bill man u were great there is no need to regret its been time u were a tycoon i think 13 years is too much so dont worry man i’l try by all means not forget u especially for charities u made during the past period

By: ivan.g

ivan.g — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:03:58 +0000

dude stop hating on carlos slim just because his mexican…his the most richest person in the world of course..and he does donate alot of money to people..

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:52:58 +0000

i see it as an opertunity for him to use his money more freely and not have to worry about being the richest anymore. Bill gates is american, no matter the case better then that mexican.

By: jojo

jojo — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:10:31 +0000

wish mr. bill gates give me donations for my poorest relatives in the world.

By: Robin Bal

Robin Bal — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:41:43 +0000

Hi Shane,

If the dotcom boom had continued Bill might have cracked the ceiling

Take care and cheers

By: Robin Bal

Robin Bal — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:08:42 +0000

Hi Wayne,

Thanks for your visit and comment. Yeah a lot of people who have lots more than they need and should help the less fortunate, for a noble cause. Bill gave away lots of his wealth to charity and thats appreciable.

Take care and cheers

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:57:16 +0000

I remember back before the Dot Com crash, there was a lot of talk that Gates was on hos way to becoming the first trillionaire. That’ll be an interesting day when someone cracks that ceiling.

By: Robin Bal

Robin Bal — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:01:10 +0000

Hi Ivan,

You are right on part of the equation mate, Bill did give a lot to charity.

Take care and cheers

By: Wayne Smallman

Wayne Smallman — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:05:31 +0000

As my old dad would say: they couldn’t shovel the money they earn into cloth sacks as fast as they’re earning it.

The money these people earn is just worthless to them.

I’m not advocating some communist ideals here, what I am saying is that at a certain threshold, the money a person acquires goes beyond mere wealth, ascends beyond power and becomes a meaningless string of digits.

These people should feel morally compelled to redistribute their wealth to those that would best benefit from what is to these guys, nothing.

I know that Bill Gates and his wife run a foundation which is using his hideously vast fortune to help people in developing nations.

The only gods we will know are those with the money and the power to either ruin and raise a nation, or even entire nations…