Bill Gates Is Much Poorer This Year

Bill Gates Is Much Poorer This Year

Among the 20 richest people in the world, only one has lost ground on the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. Bill Gates has lost $40 billion in net worth so far in 2025. One reason for this decline is that he has sold a great deal of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock. Steve Ballmer, who followed Gates as Microsoft CEO, has kept most, if not all, of his Microsoft shares and has a net worth of $178 billion. That puts him in eighth place on the list. …