How much did the wealthiest person ever to live earn at his first job ever?

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Bill Gates, $30,000 His first paying job was at TRW, receiving a salary of $30,000 pa. He worked there as an employee with Paul Allen (they had already had a business together as co-owners). He had worked before this locating bugs on computer systems, but it was done gratis (aka a barter deal) in exchange for access to computer time. http://www.nyu.edu/classes/keefer/ww1/garrid.html http://www.nyu.edu/classes/ww1/garrid.html Sep 29 06, 4:04 AM

skysmom65

Richest Person Ever The wealth of America's John D Rockefeller was estimated at $900 million in 1913, equivalent to $189.6 billion today. His first job, in the 1850s, earned him a wage of just $3.57 per week, but he was given a pay rise and promotion within months. The zeroes on his pay packet multiplied, and by 1913, he had earned himself an estimated $900 million. Having made his fortune in oil, Rockefeller retired in 1897. By 1922 he had given away $1 billion to charity and to his family. Rockefeller died in 1937, but still remains, without doubt, the richest person ever! http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp Sep 29 06, 7:07 AM

gtho4

>> The wealth of America's John D Rockefeller was estimated at $900 million in 1913, equivalent to $189.6 billion today. yep, a few wheel barrows more than Mr Gates! He left high school in 1855 to take a business course at Folsom Mercantile College. He completed the six-month course in three months and, after looking for a job for six weeks, was employed as assistant bookkeeper by Hewitt & Tuttle, a small firm of commission merchants and produce shippers. Rockefeller was not paid until after he had worked there three months, when Hewitt gave him $50 ($3.57 a week) and told him that his salary was being increased to $25 a month. A few months later he became the cashier and bookkeeper. http://archive.rockefeller.edu/bio/jdrsr.php : http://archive.rockefeller.edu/bio/jdrsr.php">http://archive.rockefeller.edu/bio Another interesting angle, which refers to the influence of his mother, and the source of his work with charities: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/peopleevents/p_rock_jsr.html">http://www.pbs.org/rockefellers Sep 30 06, 1:10 AM

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