Bill Gates Would Be Worth Over $1.4 Trillion if He Kept 45% of Microsoft

Bill Gates is worth 8 times less today than if he had kept his 45% stake in Microsoft from after the IPO in 1986. Bill Gates has $163 billion in net worth. If Bill Gates did not sell shares during the IPO he would have had 49% of Microsoft.

Bill Gates has been selling his shares since the late 1990s and this accelerated when he stepped down as CEO in 20…