William “Bill” Gates III
o He is already 53 years of age
o Has a self-made fortune
o His source of income is the Microsoft
o Has net worth of $40.0 billion
o Currently situating in USA (An American Citizen)
o Is in the software industry
o Is already married and has 3 kids
o William “Bill” Gates has been considered as the richest man in the world today right after being placed in the 3rd rank of last year’ most wealthy people in the world.
o Bill Gates had stepped down from his daily duties at the Microsoft Company form the previous summer season to just to be able to devote his skills and abilities towards the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
o Bill Gates had decided to increase the amount of donations in the year 2009 for up to $3.8 billion which is 15% greater than the 2008 amount of donations.
o The assets of the organization were able to acquire $30.0 billion by the month of January and have a stock down for up to 45% form the previous 12 months.
Warren Buffett
o Is already 78 years old
o Has self-made fortune
o Has net-worth of $37.0 billion
o His source of income is from the Berkshire Hathaway
o He is naturally born as an American citizen
o He had been widowed, then remarried and has 3 children
o He was once considered as the richest individual in the world but later on, he slipped knots down to number 2 this year right after loosing $25 billion within 12 months.
o He has 45% shares of stocks in the Berkshire Hathaway during the month of March
o He had been able to inject billions of dollars right into the Goldman Sachs and as well as in the exchange of preferred stock during the previous fall.
o He had also been able to propped-up an insurance firm in Swiss Re during February with over $2.6 billion.
o He admits that he accidentally made some marketing mistakes during 2008.
o In Columbia, he had studied undervalue investing guru at the Benjamin Graham
o Ha had took over the textile firm of the Berkshire Hathaway during the year 1965
o Currently, he is upholding certain companies such as the GEICO, General Re, Borsheimis Jewelries, MidAmerican Energy Utilities, and the Dairy Queen and Seeis Candies/Foods.
o He also has controlling stock shares in Wells Fargo, Coca-Cola, and as well as in Anheuser-Busch