A Complete List of the Richest People Throughout History

Steve Ballmer

When Bill Gates stepped down as CEO of Microsoft, Ballmer stepped in. He’s now worth $45.3 billion and bought the LA Clippers for $2 billion in 2014. He was a college dropout when Gates hired him 18 years prior.

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  • "E" is the most common letter and appears in 11 percent of all english words.
  • Bill Gates plans to donate 95% of his $81.1 billion dollar wealth to charity. That's about $77 billion dollars!
  • In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
  • February used to be the last month of the year.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.