>Jerry,
>
>>Maybe I'm just making a wild guess, but is it because,as top man and 51+% shareholder he calls the shots?
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>Common misconception, but Bill Gates in NO WAY has 51% of MSFT...
>
>Here are the stats:
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>Bill Gates Current Wealth (from http://www.quuxuum.org/~evan/bgnw.html) =
>$41.58 billion
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>MSFT's current market capitalization (value of all stock -- from http://www.wsrn.com/apps/quote/?s=MSFT):
>$336.9 billion
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>The billions cancel and so Gates' share is 41.58/336.9 = .1234 = 12.34%
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>Not exactly chump change, but Gate's does not run the show based on a majority of stock...
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>Just wanted to help keep everyone's facts straight...
>
>JoeK

Interesting site, Joe. Do you think is is principal shareholder?
In otherwords, who is has the most voting shares?