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Jobs' net worth increases to $3 billion

updated 11:50 am EST, Fri March 11, 2005

Jobs\' worth increases


Steve Jobs, head of Apple and Pixar, ranks 194 on Forbes' list of the , up 68 spots from last year. Jobs is worth $3 billion this year, according to the report, up from $2.1 billion from last year's survey. Still atop the list is Microsoft cofounder and chairman Bill Gates, with a net worth of $46.5 billion. Paul Allen, Gates' partner in the early days of Microsoft is now worth $21 billion, according to the report. The collective net worth of the 691 billionaires listed is $2.2 trillion, up $300 billion from the combined worth of the 587 people listed last year.


by MacNN Staff

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  1. Jonathan-Tanya

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    chatter

    thats a lot o'smack

  1. spacefreak

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    BS

    This article is full of it. Jobs only makes $1 a year. He bought a soda last year, and some gum the year before, so his net worth is only $4.34

  1. Glasspusher

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    add it up

    A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.

  1. GORDYmac

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    Man...

    ...I wonder if all those guys have a 'Justice League' or something.

  1. madgunde

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    Justice League

    GORDYmac: Let's just say that if all the guys on the list got together and decided to become some evil empire, they'd be pretty hard to stop.

  1. Feeling_Macish

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    Meanwhile,

    Millions of talented, smart people who just happened not to be born at a precise moment in history or to well-connected parents, struggle to make ends meet. How many of these billionaires realize "there but for the grace of [___insert favorite god type here______] go I"?

  1. NDBounce

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    Justice League

    Excuse me, but didn't the article say that at least two of them made their money from the evil empire?

    And as every Mac Addict knows, that empire is pretty darn hard to stop!

  1. Faizon318

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    They migh have money

    what can you do with a 40+ Billion that you cant do with 3 Billion .. And to me .. you must be a looser if you cant spend it fast enough .. COMON CURE SOMTHING ALREADY!! U know if bill gates had AIDS we would have cured it by now ??

  1. theduffsronme

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    Good causes

    The Saudi Prince aside, many of these folks started with very little and built their own empires. And Gates contributes hundreds of millions of dollars to charitable causes every year. So does Jobs.

    So stop all the whining!

  1. eddd

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    hmmmm

    Falzon318, you could use a couple billion on some spelling and grammar lessons, eh?

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