On being the world's richest man:

I wish I wasn't … There's nothing good that comes out of that. You get more visibility as a result of it.


In an online advertising conference in Redmond, Washington, as quoted in The Guardian (5 May 2006)

The Guardian Bill Gates: I don't want to be world's richest man


I wish I wasn't … There's nothing good that comes out of that. You get more visibility as a result of it.

I wish I wasn't … There's nothing good that comes out of that. You get more visibility as a result of it.

I wish I wasn't … There's nothing good that comes out of that. You get more visibility as a result of it.

I wish I wasn't … There's nothing good that comes out of that. You get more visibility as a result of it.