honestly not sure how he could've made 19.5 bill this year alone. He owns like 100 million shares of microsoft stock and its up big this year but thats like 5 billion big not 19.5. So wtf else is he into that he made another 15ish billion off of this year alone? I'm sure he has a ton of investments and stuff but jesus, I'd have a hard time thinking he made 15 billion more then he did on a stock that he has 100 million shares of and its up 48% this year. That sort of money is truly mind boggling. good for him i guess. He has always seemed like a good dude too.