420. $4.6 billion is nothing…

Hiong
Hiong
Aug 23, 2017 · 1 min read

Bill gates gave away $4.6bn and is still the world’s richest person! It’s only about 5% of his worth.

Just think about that for a second.

$4.6bn is more than the GDP of 4o countries around the world.

Even 1% of that amount is way more than we will see in our lifetimes. Even 0.1% of it is more than most of us will earn in our lifetimes.

I’m in awe of this for two simple reasons:

  1. That he was generous enough to give that much away
  2. That he is so rich it didn’t even make a dent in his net worth

It really is a mind boggling amount of money to somebody like me. Would it even be possible to spend that much money in your lifetime?

100 Naked Words

Est. May 2016. 100 vulnerable words, one day at a time. Every day.

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100 Naked Words

Est. May 2016. 100 vulnerable words, one day at a time. Every day.

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