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#apple #billgates EDIT: Thanks for making this viral!
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#apple #billgates EDIT: Thanks for making this viral!
370zSteve
Bone Apple tea
KitsuneThunder
Does nobody realise that this is a funny photoshop? All the triggered commenters...
littlegingerone
an apple
ididyourmum
A bite of an apple
SocietyOfSensation
I too can buy an apple. I'm such a successful human being .
Datalink
I can afford a knockoff white pair of earbuds at a dollar store... wait, okay nevermind.
Ulthirm
Apples stocks are incredibly lower than i expected (only around 100-200), however microsoft is also lower than them. However google could
Ulthirm
probably do it. Google's stocks are at $1000
Dramacian
Depending on the already bought volume he or his foundation has in Apple stocks.
Quesadildos
You mean iStocks?
flyonthewalll
I, too, can also buy an apple.
AlexTG
"With your current account balance, which apple product can you buy?" Bill gates: yes
Munchman347
'An'...
ShooterMcdabbin
An apple.
trikucian
I kinda wish Bill Gates would buy Apple. Microsoft isn't perfect, but at least they don't tax dodge as bad as Apple does.
reallynotmikepence
Al Gore is the fourth largest owner of Apple and on the board of directors. You'd think he wouldn't tax dodge.
trikucian
Problem with how corporations are set up is they have one motis operandi: to make as much money as possible, ethics be damned.
gingertrain
*Public corporations. While private corporations certainly can be that way, public ones are legally mandated.
nuclearruby
He couldn’t buy all of apple but he would be the biggest share holder witch basically is him own it.
reallynotmikepence
Well no because in order for a stockholder to mean anything they need 51% of the stock in a company. Apple could hit a trillion in (1/2)
reallynotmikepence
market cap by the end of the year which is far beyond even Gates ability to get close to. (2/2)
arranrp
He wishes
CamelSpotter
I don't think you understand just how rich Bill Gates is.
restless0
I don't think you understand how big Apple is. Bill gates 89billion apples assets 375billion
arranrp
yeah I do, I also know how much apple is valued at, it has more zeros
arranrp
He could get 7-8% if he sold all his other assets
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arranrp
Because anything that ever points out anything positive about apple gets downvoted on imgur
wolfenstien98
He could still buy controlling interest in the company.
arranrp
less than 10% is not a controlling stake, he couldn't even afford half a facebook
wolfenstien98
Yeah... It is. If you own more shares than anyone else you have controlling interest.
Haidere1988
He can probably buy majority stock which is all that matters
arranrp
8% if he spent every penny he has
3n87k7qn
In most cases you don’t even need 51% too, just a ruling share which can be as little as 20% in some cases
tapthewall
An apple. As in red delicious, granny, or just a red apple.
MoxnesMonster6
Gala is where its at
damnyuoautocorrect
Nah gam, get on that Pink Lady game. Mmm
AnaBraysBathWater
Shit, apples are expensive my dude. I'll just stick with my one red potato.
zeiji
fuck, red potatoes. if i'm lucky i can afford a rock thats from a potato field.
Poopoopeepeevagina
Green apples are the only apples as far as I’m concerned
dogfrost9
Red apples are better for you.
iWishThereWasAWayToDeleteThis
Pink pearl apples
NoGoodNick
How about a McIntosh Apple?
firekirby
Hell yeah!
PRDWRaven
I think he meant apple as in the company, he is one of the most (if not the most) richest guy alive.
hotlesbianassassin
I think he meant the fruit. He may be rich, but he's a college dropout. He's obviously not that bright!
tapthewall
And I meant I can buy an apple. Can't afford an apple product. Don't like them enough to buy their products
SlackerTactical
Honeycrisp
triSARAtopswasalreadytaken
Too expensive!
icutthegrass
Worth it though
rabbiebabbie
I love grannies. They taste tart but delicious.
iBucketList
Not even close.
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CarrierHasArrived725
He can actually buy about 11.2% of Apple given his current net worth
Meloncov
He could, if he liquidated everything else, afford about ten percent of the company.
Meloncov
(if you ignore that trying to buy that much stock would drive the share prices up)
ThomasTheWankEnglne
You can't afford an Apple?
CorneliusCornwall
A regular Apple or one of them fancy organic ones?
GandalfsLawyer
Yes
shhep
It was still fun until you made it not.
SiscoVonSiegfried
First I thought he is being funny. Then I realised he is, just on the other end of the scale.
Aesurah
I remember being told once he earns so much interest he has trouble spending enough to actually make the bank balance go down
cool299
I thought he meant an actual Apple because he's poor. Then I saw the name
dukebound85
Considering Apple is worth much more than MS, this can’t happen
dukebound85
Jesus some people can’t handle facts
MisterJP
Plus he doesn’t own Microsoft. Just some stock plus other investments. He’s currently worth 90 billion. Apple is 900 billion
animalrv
margaretolson
Found out his net worth the other night. I don't even have words
armandraynal
The man needs a pool.
chugeknight
At least he's doing stuff like trying to vaccinate and cure disease in countries.
valen00
He's about the only person pushing to eradicate polio. It's really close to being gone now so government's aren't doing anything but it
valen00
Could be totally eradicated in a few years. *Then* there would be no need for the polio vaccine which can have some nasty side effects.
margaretolson
Oh 100%! I love that he is so philanthropic. I was just shocked cause that amount of money almost doesn't seem real
Kodaxmax
As he said himself, being philanthropic isn't giving away stuff you dont need or want.
hazzary453
I understand were he is coming from, in that he isn't sacrificing his own luxury, but he is still giving up some of his time in the process
IM4M
the word is billion(s) 90 of them IIRC
IjustcomeherewhenIpoo
Putin is worth around 200 billion, so like.
margaretolson
PhilipJFryIII
He's slated to be the first trillionaire if his current growth rate continues
Xialdin
I think I read recently that Bezos is now projected to get there slightly ahead of him based on Amazon's recent growth. Could be wrong tho.
MisterJP
Uh what? Looking at the graph of his worth it does not seem to be increasing much. Source?
PhilipJFryIII
Just an article I saw earlier this year it's a 25 year projection or something like that.
DarthPreator
Will he even live 25 more years
HeWhoPours
Had to google Apple's net worth. Why the fuck are they worth that much money
bustrpoindextr
Because idiots will always buy overpriced garbage if there is a good salesman behind it.
vielleicht
Google apples Revenue and you will understand
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Because the hold a big portion of that number IN CASH. They make 100% profit on billions of expensive devices a year.
dohcohv
Sell last year's tech for more than new tech, and three year old phones for near New prices.
LemmingRuss
Selling hardware with a trendy logo at 4 times the market value, I suppose.. How many people have Apple ANYTHING? (Hint, most of them).
DuckPlanetKing
4 times the market value?? Other products aren’t 4 times cheaper than apple products.
Ulgoroth
People are sheeps, it saddens me, Apple is like that Ind guy you all hate cause that internet hingy
3n87k7qn
How much?
WitnessedSomeTimeAgo
About $650 Billion
Meloncov
900 billion.
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
More than that. They’ve got billions more stashed overseas and in tax havens. Some analysts estimate their worth to be over a trillion
Meloncov
900 billion is their market cap (total value of all stocks issued). There's not way to hide that.
ImHereToExplainTheJoke
That’s their market cap. That’s not counting liquid assets (I.e. cash) stored all over