20 17 12.28, Apple's market value was as high as 875.9 billion US dollars. Bill Gates, the richest man in Forbes at that time, had only $86 billion, which was only one tenth of that of Apple. In other words, a person must hold one-tenth of the shares of Apple to become the richest man in the world.
Apple's equity is relatively scattered, and the American Pilot Group with the highest shareholding only owns 6.45%, corresponding to a market value of 56.496 billion US dollars. The second largest shareholder and the third largest shareholder are BlackRock Group and SSGA State Street Investment Management Company, respectively, holding 4.29% and 4. 1 1%, so it seems impossible for Apple to reach the richest man in the world with personal assets.
A listed technology company like Apple is usually the founder or CEO. For example, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Ma Hua Teng of Tencent, Ma Yun of Alibaba and so on. It is quite special for a founder like Apple to be fired by the company.
Everyone knows that Apple was founded by Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne in 1976, but shortly after the company was founded, Wayne sold his shares and quit Apple. Wozniak felt the efforts of his colleagues and sold one-third of the shares to his colleagues at a low price. 1985, Apple's board of directors blamed Jobs for the failure of several generations of products, and Jobs sold these products in a rage. Leading to the continuous spread of Apple's equity.
Therefore, although Apple's market value ranks first in the world, no one can become the richest man in the world.