2006-08-10 14:54:55 · 8 answers · asked by Eduardo A 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Gates and Allen founded Microsoft in 1975. Microsoft and more specifically Windows are what has generated the vast majority of his wealth. So, roughly 30 years.
2006-08-10 15:05:48 · answer #1 · answered by bigdog82000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hes not the richest man on the planet. Hes the youngest multibillionare in the world. I think Oprah is a little richer than he is. I think the richest person in the world has almost a trillion dollars. It took him about 12 years to become a billionare.
2006-08-10 15:01:16 · answer #2 · answered by Leon K. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its take a long way to be the richest man in the world. he invented the microsoft word .... to be used in the computer.
2006-08-10 15:02:17 · answer #3 · answered by margie38us j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am not bill gates but ....maybe a lot sacrifices , a lot time distance to his family for grown a fortune..and maybe forget his owner life and dedicate several time to make a out stranger capital,..the right question its he was happy or was a big rum expend or his life in make money and forget his owner life
2006-08-10 15:33:26 · answer #4 · answered by alex17311 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
less than 25 years
2006-08-10 15:00:25 · answer #5 · answered by xjoizey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a couple of years, it is because he made microsoft and it started to grow, first computars, and now xbox
2006-08-10 15:00:50 · answer #6 · answered by Ledzeppelin324 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know but i do kno he dropped out of college
2006-08-10 14:59:01 · answer #7 · answered by Night visions 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dunno but no one can invent anything better then Windows!!!!!!!
2006-08-10 14:58:28 · answer #8 · answered by reeseepiecie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋