Why is Bill Gates So Rich?
Microsoft Windows is on every PC and laptop for free. Then how can he get so rich?
That's why…
So first of all it's not free of charge and it is precisely this business model that has made him so rich. He has sold the licenses for an operating system to the manufacturer of computers. So it was finally possible that his operating system could also prevail.
How do you think it's free? The seller of the device pays royalties for this and you pay it in the end in the total price.
For one thing, it's not free. You pay nothing for it, but the manufacturer of the PC.
On the other hand, there's also business with companies. If your employer wants to run Microsoft on its 100 PCs and various servers, then they have to pull the trigger vigorously.
Bill Gates or Micosoft receives a license fee from every computer sold worldwide that has a Microsoft operating system installed on it!
If Bill Gates put his assets in a bank account, which is supposed to pay 3% interest, he would earn 6.5 million euro every day. That would be 270,548 euro per hour, 4,509 euro per minute and 75 euro per second. That's right: Bill Gates earns 75 euro per second.
Microsoft IPO 1986: That would have been $ 1,000
An investor who invested $ 1,000 in Microsoft 32 years ago now holds 13,889 shares in the portfolio. The stock package is valued at $ 1.486 million.
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A biography of Bill Gates can be found here:
