Bill and Melinda Gates appear on CBS This Morning in February 2019. (Photo by Michele Crowe/CBS via Getty Images) CBS via Getty ImagesBill Gates' net worth surpassed $100 billion this week as Microsoft shares ticked up prior to the company's earnings announcement on April 24. An uptick in Microsoft’s share price this week, combined with solid performance from Gates' other investments, was enough to send his net worth above $100 billion on April 16. Gates has already gifted over $35 billion to charity, largely to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—the world’s largest private philanthropy—which he chairs with his wife, Melinda. In April 1999, at the peak of the dot-com bubble, his net worth briefly surpassed $100 billion, or roughly $150 billion in today’s dollars when adjusted for inflation.

Source: Forbes April 18, 2019 13:41 UTC