比尔·盖茨的工资在美国的企业巨头中属中下水平，年薪只有五十几万美元，在微软也不算最多。使他四度蝉联《福布斯》世界首富的是他手中5157亿股的微软股票。按1998年10月1日的行情，每股可卖104美元，总价值为536．7亿美元。这个数字随着股票指数起落沉浮，历史最高价达到616 Bill Gates wages in the United States among the corporate giants in the middle and lower levels, the annual salary of only five hundred thousand US dollars, not the most in Microsoft. He made 5157 billion shares of Microsoft shares in his hands to make him the “richest man in the world” for four consecutive years. By October 1, 1998 market, each can sell 104 US dollars, with a total value of 53.67 billion US dollars. This figure as the stock index ups and downs, the highest price reached 616