‘Sixth richest person in the world,’ grass-to-grace story of Ballmer who started his career as Mr. Gates’ assistant Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is now wealthier than Bill Gates. Ballmer, who began his career at Microsoft as Gates’ assistant, surpassed the Microsoft co-founder on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Monday for the first time. According to the index, Ballmer is now the sixth-richest person in the world, with a net worth of $157.2 billion, topping Gates’ $156.7 billion. Bloomberg noted that Ballmer’s wealth eclipsed Gates’ as Microsoft shares…
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