battle of the worlds richest

[homedawg]

Carlos Slim( telecommunications ) worth $60bil (never uses a computer)

vs


Bill Gates (software) worth $56bil has ranked as the richest person in the world from 1995 to 2007, and now tryin' to get yahoo

How much is enough????????

[homedawg]

Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, yesterday went to war with Google, the most powerful company on the web, over the future of the internet.

Microsoft, the software empire founded by Mr Gates, launched a $44 billion (£22 billion) assault on the search engine with a hostile bid for Yahoo!, Google’s rival, the largest hostile takeover offer seen on Wall Street.

Mr Gates has watched for several years in which Microsoft’s dominance of technology has been superceded by the rise of Google. He made his move after 18 months of fruitless behind-the-scenes talks with Yahoo!

At stake is an estimated £40 billion of online advertising by 2010 – double today’s figure – in what is a last-ditch attempt by Mr Gates to stop Google’s runaway success.

Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, said: “A year ago the Yahoo! management team told us it wasn’t really the right time to discuss an acquisition. We believed then in the benefits of combining the two companies and we believe now in those benefits more than ever.”

Google-owned sites last year became the most visited on the internet, with 587 million people logging in during December. Microsoft, ahead a year ago, was visited by 540 million unique users and Yahoo!, in third place globally, by 485 million.

Internet advertising is soaring: Microsoft said it would double from $40 billion now to be worth $80 billion in 2010.

Although Mr Gates’s company has long dominated the supply of software for personal computers, it has been unable to translate that into commercial success on the internet. Microsoft admitted yesterday that its own search engine and sites lose money, while Google is adept at commercialisation and is now valued at $162 billion.

Yahoo! is reluctant to fall victim. The company is run by Jerry Yang, 39, one of its two founders, whose own shares were yesterday worth $1.6 billion after Mr Gates’s move.

Mr Yang took control of the business last year amid a prolonged crisis in which profits tumbled.

The Californian culture of Yahoo! is radically different to the Seattle-based Microsoft, which is known for its disciplined approach to software development. However, Yahoo! has failed to expand as quickly as Google, and this week was forced to make 1,000 employees redundant.

Mr Gates’s target first learnt of the hostile approach in a phone call on Thursday night to Mr Yang. Yesterday Yahoo! hired Goldman Sachs – a bank that previously advised Microsoft – and Lehman Brothers. Publicly it kept its options open, saying it would “evaluate this proposal carefully and promptly.”

Yahoo! shares soared 46 per cent but at $28.12 remained below Microsoft’s offer, worth $28.99 last night.

[dananderson32]

Originally Posted by homedawg

Carlos Slim( telecommunications ) worth $60bil (never uses a computer)

vs


Bill Gates (software) worth $56bil has ranked as the richest person in the world from 1995 to 2007, and now tryin' to get yahoo

How much is enough????????

ah don't kid yourself the Rockefeller's, Morgans and Rothschild's have way more money than gates will ever see

[homedawg]

Originally Posted by dananderson32

ah don't kid yourself the Rockefeller's, Morgans and Rothschild's have way more money than gates will ever see

Individual & alive today!

John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt & John Jacob Astor, if alive today would be worth more than gates & slim, but they are dead and long gone!

[homedawg]

Just remember it is NET WORTH ... anyone could have a hold on more, but after you pay the banker, what do ya have left...

[dananderson32]

Originally Posted by homedawg

Individual & alive today!

John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius Vanderbilt & John Jacob Astor, if alive today would be worth more than gates & slim, but they are dead and long gone!

ah im not talking about the old men im talking about the families who have a real nice stake in the central banks......and many other "shady" ****

[homedawg]

Originally Posted by dananderson32

ah im not talking about the old men im talking about the families who have a real nice stake in the central banks......and many other "shady" ****

do ya really think there's a "Boss" worth over $60bil, today???????

60 f'n billion! no way, no how!

[dananderson32]

Originally Posted by homedawg

do ya really think there's a "Boss" worth over $60bil, today???????

60 f'n billion! no way, no how!

wheres NL94 when i need him

[homedawg]

Originally Posted by dananderson32

wheres NL94 when i need him

LMAO...

60billion dollars: A stack of singles would be 20,000,000 feet tall.

[homedawg]

3787 miles stacked... that's more than the farthest distance within the lower 48 states.

[dananderson32]

ughhhhh why did i open my mouth ...........HD sits at his computer waiting to pick on people like me

[homedawg]

Originally Posted by dananderson32

ughhhhh why did i open my mouth ...........HD sits at his computer waiting to pick on people like me

shouldn't you be out shovelin' ?

I'll leave a bottle in my driveway for you..


btw, $60,000,000,000.00

[homedawg]

its tough for most to get past the 8th zero... then you multiply that by 60,000.