{"id":81695,"date":"2015-03-04T23:55:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T21:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=81695"},"modified":"2015-05-20T08:46:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T06:46:46","slug":"this-is-what-you-can-buy-with-bill-gates-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/81695\/this-is-what-you-can-buy-with-bill-gates-fortune\/","title":{"rendered":"This is what you can buy with Bill Gates’ fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forbes recently published\u00a0its annual\u00a0billionaire\u2019s list<\/strong><\/a>, naming the richest people in the world in 2015.<\/p>\n

Claiming top spot once again was Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who is worth an estimated\u00a0$79.2 billion – or R934.6 billion.<\/p>\n

The\u00a02015 list counted 1,826 billionaires across the globe, worth a total of $7.05 trillion \u2013 up from $6.4 trillion in 2014.<\/p>\n

Now that we have already analysed\u00a0who has gained and lost wealth over the past year, and seen where South Africa’s richest men and women fit in, we can move onto more pressing issues – like how we would spend\u00a0all that money.<\/p>\n

What you can buy with\u00a0$79.2 billion<\/h3>\n

To keep things simple, and to allow for a wider choice, we looked at dollar prices of all items on the list.<\/p>\n

Army\u00a0of\u00a0Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloces<\/h3>\n
\"Lamborghini<\/a>

Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SuperVeloce<\/p><\/div>\n

Revealed at the Geneva Motor Show this week, the\u00a0LP 750-4 is Lamborghini’s fastest production car ever made.<\/p>\n

Packing a 6.6-litre V12 engine which produces 559kw, the Italian hypercar will do 0 – 100 in 2.8 seconds.<\/p>\n

With Gates’ fortune and Lamborghini’s asking price of\u00a0$370,000, you could buy an\u00a0army\u00a0of 197,027<\/strong>\u00a0of arguably the best-looking cars in the world.<\/p>\n

If Lamborghini is willing to make that many, that is.<\/p>\n

Fleet of Gulfstream G650ERs<\/h3>\n
\"Gulfstream<\/a>

Gulfstream G650ER<\/p><\/div>\n

The Gulfstream G650ER is unmatched when it comes comfort and luxury in a small private planes – or so I have read.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0G650ER has a range of 13,890km, takes up to 18 passengers, and can travel at maximum speed of 1,133km\/h.<\/p>\n

In term of its interior, the cabin includes HD wide-screen TVs, a convection oven, porcelain dinnerware, and handcrafted seats as standard.<\/p>\n

At a price of $66.5 million each, Gates could purchase a 1,096-strong fleet<\/strong> of the Gulfstreams.<\/p>\n

World’s most expensive island<\/h3>\n
\"Lanai<\/a>

Lanai Island<\/p><\/div>\n

Hawaii’s Lana\u2019i island is currently owned by Oracle founder\u00a0Larry Ellison, who bought 98% of the exotic paradise for $500 million.<\/p>\n

Lana\u2019i is the sixth-largest of the\u00a0Hawaiian Islands at\u00a0364km\u00b2, and, according to legend, used to be inhabited by man-eating spirits.<\/p>\n

If you don’t mind sharing two percent of the island with the US government, and if you had access to Gate’s wealth, you could purchase the island 145 times<\/strong> over.<\/p>\n

With tropical weather and beautiful scenery, it’s not a bad spot to retire.<\/p>\n

Mozambique’s entire economy<\/h3>\n
\"Mozambique\"<\/a>

Mozambique<\/p><\/div>\n

Mozambique’s\u00a0Gross Domestic Product for 2013 was $15.63 billion.<\/p>\n

For those of you whose economics is a bit rusty, the GDP is the value of all goods and services produced in a country within a specific period of time – in this case 2013.<\/p>\n

Gate’s fortune of\u00a0$79.2 billion is just over 4.6 times more than our neighbours make in an entire year<\/strong>, and that’s including all the drunk tourists who spend millions on rum and raspberry cocktails every December.<\/p>\n

Your favourite soccer teams, and all the players<\/h3>\n
\"Manchester<\/a>

Manchester United<\/p><\/div>\n

According to Forbes’ list of wealthiest\u00a0soccer teams in the world, if you had Gates’ money you would be able to buy the top five most valuable soccer teams in the world<\/strong> (and all their players) and still have cash to spare.<\/p>\n

The top five teams by value are listed below.<\/p>\n