Bill Gates could give away 98% of his wealth and still be a billionaire.
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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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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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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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Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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J.K. Rowling lost her billionaire status because she donated so much of her money to charity.
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Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his 10% share in 1976 for $800. Today, it’s worth over $58 billion.
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