I attend meeting and read e-mails every day. I have three monitors in my office. First one contains my inbox. Second one displays current e-mail I am reading, and third one shows a browser. I receive about 100 e-mails per day that I read, although many unknown e-mails are filtered out by my personal assistant. I also read different papers from Microsoft employees which focus on topics ranging from the company’s future to the future of technology in general. After reading the papers, I post comments that are available to the entire company. Other pieces of technology that I use almost daily include my tablet PC, OneNote and desktop search software, most likely Windows Desktop Search. Even though I am surrounded by a vast amount of technology, I still use white boards. I also give time to my wife and children. Bill Gates is worth $103 billion, making him the second-wealthiest person on planet Earth after Jeff Bezos, who's worth an estimated $139 billion, according to Forbes.
What does the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire get up to all day?
Since stepping down from the helm of Microsoft in 2006, Gates has thrown himself into the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which donates money to research and charitable organizations. After leaving his post on Microsoft's board of directors in 2019, Gates' commitment to the foundation has become even more apparent. In addition, he's been meeting with top science experts and speaking out about public health policy in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Since 1987, Gates has been included in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people.[13][14] From 1995 to 2017, he held the Forbes title of the richest person in the world every year except from 2010 to 2013.[15] In October 2017, he was surpassed by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, who had an estimated net worth of US$90.6 billion compared to Gates's net worth of US$89.9 billion at the time.[16] As of February 2022, Gates had an estimated net worth of US$130 billion, making him the fourth-richest person in the world.[17]
Later in his career and since leaving day-to-day operations at Microsoft in 2008, Gates has pursued many business and philanthropic endeavors. He is the founder and chairman of several companies, including BEN, Cascade Investment, bgC3. He has given sizable amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reported to be the world's largest private charity.[18] Through the foundation, he led an early 21st century vaccination campaign that significantly contributed to the eradication of the wild poliovirus in Africa.[19][20] In 2010, Gates and Warren Buffett founded The Giving Pledge, whereby they and other billionaires pledge to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropy.[21]
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