Bill Gates is the richest man in the world and has been for many years now. Most of his impressive net worth has come from founding the software company Microsoft. The man with the most money in the world is also the most generous philanthropist in the world with his "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation".

Below is a table of the Net Worth of Bill Gates according to the Forbes Magazine.

• 2009 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $50 billion / Age - 53
  See the World Billionaires for 2009 review or the Richest Americans 2009
• 2008 Bill Gates Richer than Warren Buffett - After losing the number one position to Warren Buffett earlier in 2008 on the Forbes world rich list, Bill Gates has overtaken his friend on the Richest Americans list compiled by Forbes. It still isn't clear if Bill Gates is again the richest man in the world as the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu's net worth wasn't measured by Forbes on the recent US rich list review.
• 2008 Warren Buffett is the Richest Man in the World - Warren Buffett finally knocked Bill Gates out of first position to become the richest man in the world in 2008 on the world rich list.
• 2008 - World Position 3
  Net Worth - $56 billion / Age - 52
  
• 2007 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $56 billion / Age - 51
  See the World Billionaires for 2007 review
• 2006 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $53 billion / Age - 50
  See the World Billionaires for 2006 review
  
• 2005 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $46.5 billion / Age - 49
  See the World's Richest People for 2005 review
  
• 2004 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $46.6 billion / Age - 48
  See the Richest Americans Review for 2004
  
• 2003 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $40.7 billion / Age - 47
• 2002 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $52.8 billion / Age - 46
• 2001 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $58.7 billion / Age - 45
• 2000 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $60 billion / Age - 44
• 1999 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $90 billion / Age - 43
• 1998 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $51 billion / Age - 42
• 1997 - World Position 2
  Net Worth - $36.4 billion / Age - 41
• 1996 - World Position 1
  Net Worth - $18.5 billion / Age - 40

See the Bill Gates biography for more details on the Richest person in the world.


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