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Michael Rubin, aka Billionaire White, has been featured in skits alongside popular Hip-Hop artists such as Broda Shaggi and Princess Orji. His net worth is estimated at $300,000 and his wealth comes from endorsements and adverts revenue.
A growing share of Americans say it is a bad thing for the country that some people have fortunes of a billion dollars or selen williams more. This sentiment has spread across all income levels.
1. Bob Johnson
BET founder Bob Johnson became America’s first black billionaire after selling the network to Viacom in 2001. He now runs RLJ Companies, which invests in several business sectors, including professional sports, film production and real estate. Johnson is also known for his philanthropic work, including supporting Liberia on the model of Jewish support of Israel.
Chidera Emmanuel Uchegbu popularly known as Billionaire Prince White is a Nigerian comedian, actor, On-Air Personality (OAP), singer and composer. He is famous for his comedy skits in which he poses as a wealthy man. He is also known for his catchphrases ‘You Get The Point Now’, ‘Pipe Low’, and ‘My Upper Echelon’. He was born on July 3rd (year not available) in Ogwa, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State.
2. Bill Gates
Bill Gates is known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, a software company that made him the richest man in the world. He and his wife, Melinda French Gates, have committed billions of dollars to philanthropic initiatives. As the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he shapes and approves foundation strategies, and advocates for its issues.
He dropped out of Harvard in 1973 to start his first I.T. business with Paul Allen. This experience would later help him launch the wildly successful Microsoft, which he and his wife built into one of the largest companies in the world.
The billionaire is also the founder of Breakthrough Energy, which works to address climate change with investments in entrepreneurs and big thinkers. His stake in WiseTech Global, a software company that helps logistics organizations track their shipments, accounts for most of his fortune.
3. David Steward
Chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, a $14.5 billion technology services company, Steward has been named one of America’s top African American business leaders for seven consecutive years. He is also the author of Doing Business by The Good Book, which matches scripture with guidelines for sound business practice.
Steward started WWT in 1990 as an electronics distributor specializing in telecommunications networks, conversion services and enterprise wide imaging. It now operates in 4 million square feet of warehousing and distribution space worldwide.
Steward and his wife Thelma live in St. Louis and are major supporters of Concordance Academy of Leadership and Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis. He is also a member of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. His father worked as a mechanic, trash collector and janitor to support his family of ten.
4. Bill Gates Jr.
The father of Bill and Melinda Gates, who founded Microsoft, has made philanthropy a priority. He was an early leader in the foundation and he shaped its major goals around improving education and world health.
The son of a prominent Seattle lawyer and his wife, Gates was often argumentative as a child. His parents sent him to Lakeside School to try to control his behavior. He and his friend Paul Allen wrote computer programs to debug the computers at the school, and they also helped computerize electric power grids for the Bonneville Power Administration and started a business with Allen writing a program that analyzed traffic patterns.
In 1994, selen williams Gates and his wife established the William H. Gates Foundation with the aim of helping people in the US and around the world. The foundation gives grants in the areas of education, global health and investing in low-income communities.
5. Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs is one of the most iconic and influential billionaires in history. As the co-founder of Apple Computer and chairman of Pixar Animation Studios, he revolutionized the computer industry. At the time of his death on October 5, 2011, he was worth around $7 lebron james billion dollars.
Jobs was born into a family that encouraged education. He skipped several grades in school and took a job with Atari, designing video games. He left the company to seek spiritual enlightenment in India, traveling further and even experimenting with psychedelic drugs.
He was known for his perfectionism and would always push his team to strive for the best possible product. Whether it was the iPod, iTunes Store or Apple Stores, he pushed for quality and a seamless integration of art and technology.