ZombieCake
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I wonder how long the plank of wood they've stuck on the back would last with the likes of the odd ladder and bunch of krabs etc. placed on it during the course pf normal usage.
Their wealth is in shares because dividends are "tax efficient" - less tax is paid on dividends than is paid on a salary - if dividends were less tax efficient they would shift away from shares.A point worth noting about all of these billionaires is that they don't have their wealth as cash in the bank. It's mostly shares. So if a left leaning government decided to 'windfall tax' them, they would have to dump shares. A sufficiently large tax bill could bring down some quite large companies, which might not be a good idea.
Bill Gates is very philanthropic. Steve Jobs was not.
Chris.