"If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people he gives it to."
- Old Irish Saying
Have you ever though why
Bill Gates is wealthier than you?
The short answer by Mike
Maples is "Bill, is just smarter than anyone else. There are probably more smart people per square foot right here than anywhere else in the world, but Bill is just smarter."
Consider that he made this money in the 22 years or so since
Microsoft was founded in 1975. If you presume that he has
worked 14 hours a day on every business day of the year
since then, that means he's been making money at a
staggering half-million dollars per hour, *around $150 per
second.
Which means that if, on his way into the office, should he
see or drop a $500 bill on the ground, it's just not worth
his time to bend over and pick it up. He would make more
just heading off to work.
We're assuming about 4 seconds to bend down and pocket the
bill. Of course he can afford to hire people to follow him
and pick up any $500 bills he may drop. Not that he would,
fortunately he doesn't quite think of his wealth or time
this way.
When I first calculated this, it was only a $20 bill, and
then for some time it was a $100 bill. I remember speaking
to him at a conference some years ago thinking, "$31 per
second, $31 per second" as we talked. I didn't mention
this.
More...
He went to Stanford University a week ago for to give a
speech for
Stanford students. He definitly is one of the smartests...
