s/Facebook/FAANG/g
The fact that this is downvoted and somehow controversial is proof of their campaign’s effectiveness...it’s how the media works, people.
not true for three years now
One of the richest. As of Oct 2020, he is second.
Why? Can't find the more recent value, but by 2017 he was down to ~1% stake and he was effectively transferring the amounts sold to the foundation. Why would he care significantly about the image of MS at this point?
The last significant article mentioning Gates and Microsoft I can find is him departing the board in March. And not a lot before that either. Can you point at his significant MS PR?
And of course he would be interested in making MS look better, it’s the source of his wealth and will forever be associated with him.
If you seriously think that one of the richest men in the world doesn't do the same thing for the sources of his wealth, I don’t know what to tell you.
How is Microsoft relevant to this discussion?
Just to give one trivial example of how this impacts people who don’t want to have anything to do with Facebook or its satellite entities, in my country many government agencies communicate through Instagram. As soon as I click on a graphic, or scroll their official feed, I’m forced to login to a Facebook company.
How does that happen with Microsoft? Even when someone sends me a Word or Excel document I’m freely able to open it with a third-party application, without ever needing to give Microsoft my real and personal details, including needing to verify my phone number or email.
There's apparently "FANGAM" to account for that omission. According to Wikipedia:
Just wait. People love to be within top 10 richest on the planet and will do a lot to achieve it.