Pirates of Silicon Valley

Report By Kelvin Wong

Bill Gates:

Age: 54

Net Worth: $53.0 Billion

What they do today: stepped down from Microsoft and started to work on charity.

Paul Allen:

Age: 57

Net worth: $13.5 billion

What they do today: owns football’s Seattle Seahawks and basketball’s Portland Trailblazers. Still controls 35% of voting interest in the cable outfit. Isn’t working at Microsoft anymore.

Steve Ballmer:

Age: 54

Net worth: $14.5 billion

What they do today: he still works at Microsoft. Tried to buy Yahoo but failed and now with Yahoo to take on Google.

Steve Jobs:

Age: 55

Net worth: $5.5 billion

What they do today: Still works at Apple. Has Pixar and is gaining back the money used to buy Pixar.

Steve Wozniak:

Age: 60

Net worth: $100 million

What they do today: He still technically is an employee of Apple receiving paychecks and benefits.

Letters on Woz.org: Dial-a-Joke, Stock deal

This letter was about Dial-a-joke which about him saying that he actually made it and telling him he had to rent one of those costly theater ones. Woz always loves jokes. He is saying that he is now a low-salaried employee at apple and that he has an Apple badge forever. He said that most of the incidents in the movie “Pirates of Silicon Valley” did not really happen exactly as it was shown in the movie.

Three Interesting Facts about Bill Gates’ Money:

1) He earns $250 every second, that’s about 20 million a day.

2) If he drops a thousand dollars, he won’t bother to pick it up because the 4 seconds he uses to pick it up, he would have already earned it back.

3) He can donate $15 to everyone on earth but still be left with $5 Million for his pocket money.