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Re:Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring by r00fus on Thursday May 12, 2022 @06:40PM (#31360960)
Considering the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is essentially chaired by the two directly, why wouldn't you consider that wealth (that they get nice tax treatment for donating to) isn't theirs?
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Re:Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring by SamBam on Friday May 13, 2022 @11:32AM (#31368942)
Once he has donated it to the foundation, it is no longer fully under his control. It is a charitable organization, and subject to many laws about how the money is spent.

So it's never included in any measure of his total wealth.

(GP's point is that if it were, and also all the past charitable spending was, then Gates works be richer. (

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