World Richest

Bill Gates
Net Worth: $46.6 billion Country: United States Rank: 1 Microsoft's founder and chief software architect is pushing to move the company beyond PCs into TVs, cell phones, cars, even wristwatches. Flagship Windows operating system runs 94% of the world's desktop computers, but company faces pressure from faster- growing open source system Linux. Expectations high for Windows successor, dubbed Longhorn, which may debut in 2005. World's biggest philanthropist, he devotes billions to eradicating infectious diseases (polio, AIDS) and developing vaccines through $24 billion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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