Saw this interesting presentation from CNBC:
On Halloween 2007, Bill Gates Made $1 Billion
As Bill Gates owns 877.5 million shares of Microsoft, even a few cents change in share price worth millions! On 31 Oct 07,
MSFT:
Open – 35.57
Close – 36.81 (CHG +1.24)
$1.24 x 877.5million = $1.08 billion
Other prominent earners on 31 Oct 07:
Steve Jobs owns 5,546,450 Shares of Apple
AAPL:
Open – 187.00
Close – 189.95 (CHG +2.95)
$2.95 x 5546450 = $16.362 million
Warren Buffett owns 435,581 Shares of Berkshire Hathaway
BRK:
Open – 128,800
Close – 132,500 (CHG +3,700)
$3700 x 435581 = $1.61 billion
Larry Ellison owns 1.187 Billion Shares of Oracle
ORCL:
Open – 21.61
Close – 22.17 (CHG +0.56)
$0.56 x 1.187 billion = $664 million
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