The former CEO of microsoft has dropped from 5th to 12th place in the list of the world's richest people. He has lost about $ 52 billion (about ₹ 4.35 lakh crore in indian currency) in seven days. Bill Gates' total wealth has suffered a 30% loss. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index shows that his wealth has decreased due to donations of several billion dollars. He has now dropped to 12th place with a net worth of $ 124 billion. In his place, former microsoft CEO and close friend of bill gates, Steve Ballmer, is currently in fifth place with a net worth of $ 172 billion. With this change, bill gates is now behind the world's richest people. bill gates is behind Steve Ballmer (former CEO of microsoft and former assistant to Bill Gates), warren buffett (Bill Gates' longtime friend and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway), larry page (Google co-founder), larry page (Google co-founder), Bernard Arnold (CEO of LVMH (famous brands like Louis Vuitton, Dior), Jensen Huang (CEO of Nvidia).
World's Richest people List: As of July 4, 2025,
1. Elon Musk - $361 billion
2. mark zuckerberg - $254 billion
3. larry ellison - $253 billion
4. jeff bezos - $244 billion
5. Steve Ballmer - $172 billion
6. larry page - $163 billion
7. Bernard Arnold - $161 billion
8. Sergey Brin - $152 billion
9. warren buffett - $146 billion
10. Jensen Huang - $139 billion
11. Michael dell - $138 billion
12. bill gates - $124 billion

Microsoft founder Bill Gates' net worth recently fell by about $52 billion. This decrease was due to his personal charitable contributions and the large amount of financial support he provided to the Gates Foundation. The change was made in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. bill gates shared his wealth valuation details and charitable contributions in his May blog, and they said that they changed the valuation method.

Bill Gates, in his blog published last May, had said that his net worth was $108 billion. He also said that he would give away most of this $108 billion to charitable purposes over the next 20 years. He announced that he would be donating the money through a charitable organization called the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. After bill gates made this announcement, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index revised his net worth. Accordingly, Bill Gates' previous net worth was $175 billion. But now it has decreased to $124 billion. bill gates also predicted that $200 billion would be spent on charitable work through the Gates Foundation by 2045. bill gates and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, have donated $60 billion to the organization as of december 2024. This donation is used to solve global problems such as education, health, poverty alleviation, and epidemic prevention.

Former microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has surpassed his former manager and founder bill gates financially. Initially, microsoft employees were supposed to receive a share of the net profit as a salary. Later, the company changed this and gave employees shares (shares). Due to the increase in the value of the shares, the shares given to Steve Ballmer have now become a huge asset. Giving shares to employees can be a great benefit to them and help them become very rich. Steve Ballmer, during his time as CEO and later as a shareholder, has greatly increased his assets due to the growth of Microsoft.
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Sowmiya Sriram

09/07/2025 09:01 AM