As of April 2010, Bill Gates had donated $36,854,000,000 in his lifetime! That's more than half of his total net worth!
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Rick Harrison of the hit reality show Pawn Stars, dropped out of high school in 10th grade because he was making $2000 a week selling fake Gucci bags.
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Snoop Dogg makes $30,000 per week selling digital stickers of his face, joints, and more.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Judge Judy makes $45 million a year.
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In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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