1. Bill Gates has become nearly $12 billion richer in the past year alone.
2. Based on how much wealthier Gates got in the past year, he makes approximately $380 per second, according to Business Insider calculations.
That means it would not be worth his time to stop and pick up a $100 bill that he dropped on the ground.
3. If Gates spent $1 million a day, it would take him more about 285 years to spend his fortune, according to Business Insider calculations.
4. Gates' $104 billion fortune could buy 81.1 million troy ounces of gold, according to Bloomberg.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip Ad5. Although Gates made his fortune cofounding Microsoft with Paul Allen, he now only owns 1.3% of the company — and he's still worth $104 billion.
6. Gates has remained the second-richest person in the world even after giving away approximately 27% of his net worth to charity over the years.
7. Gates is so rich that an average American spending $1 is similar to Gates spending $1.06 million.
8. Gates' net worth is greater than the GDP of Croatia, Cambodia, and the Bahamas — combined.
9. Gates is richer than the richest man in Asia and the richest man in China, combined.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip Ad10. Gates could give every single living person on the planet $10 — and still have more than $30 billion left over.
11. According to the Social Security Administration, the average American man with a bachelor's degree will earn about $2.2 million in his lifetime. Gates makes that in a little over an hour and a half.
According to the SSA, the average American woman with a bachelor's degree will earn $1.3 million in her lifetime.
Based on his earnings of $12 billion in the past year, Gates makes about $22,831 per minute, according to Business Insider calculations.