Bill Gates has more like 50+ billion
more like had, stock market is very evil place.... he was up to 72 billion at one point but market hurtin him!
up to the minute bill gates' net worth: http://www.quuxuum.org/~evan/bgnw.html
shame on you, ian; posting links with year-old data!
according to a more reliable source, william h. gates, iii net worth is ---> $43 b-b-billion!