Kungekudala, uBill Gates waqashelwa njengomuntu ocebe kakhulu emhlabeni. Nakuba i-Amazon tycoon uJeff Bezos kungenzeka ukuthi idlule indoda ye-Microsoft, kulungile ukusho ukuthi usenemali efanelekile.
Izibalo zakamuva ziphakamisa ukuthi uGates ubiza u-$108 billion wesayensi yezinkanyezi. Ngebhalansi yasebhange kuleli zinga, akukho lutho angakwazi ukukukhokhela. Ukukubeka kucace, unemali eningi ukwedlula iningi lamazwe.
Nokho naphezu kwale ngcebo, uGates akathandi ukukhanyisa imali yakhe - okungenani ngokwezingubo zakhe zesihlakala. Uhlobo lwakhe alukhethayo yiCasio, engahlonitshwa ncam ngabathandi bewashi ngendlela efanayo nemikhiqizo kanokusho efana ne-Rolex ne-Omega.
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Manje kungani uBill Gates ehlala ethembekile kumkhiqizo weCasio? Ngokusebenzisa ucwaningo oluvela ku-Online Casino Betway, sekuyisikhathi sokubhekisisa leli qiniso elimangalisayo. Incazelo eyodwa kungaba ukuthi iwashi, okungenani ngeminyaka yawo-1970 nawo-1980, lalingaphambi komdlalo ngokwezici zobuchwepheshe. Uma ucabangela isizinda sikaSango esinamakhompiyutha, kunengqondo ukuthi angaba nobudlelwane noCasio.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, amawashi e-Casio aziwa ngokwakhiwa ngekhwalithi nokuziqhayisa ngemiklamo ekhangayo. Noma kunjalo naphezu kokuba nalezi zinzuzo, amaCasio ayaziwa nangokufinyeleleka kwawo. Ngisho nabantu abasebenzisa isabelomali esiqinile bangakwazi ukukhokhela i-Casio, ngomklamo wakudala wewashi ledijithali oqala ngaphansi kuka-$20.
Ngokuqondene noMnu. Gates, ukunambitheka kwakhe kumawashi asesihlakaleni kunenani elincane kune-$20. Usanda kubonakala egqoke i-Casio Duro, ezokubuyisela emuva cishe ku-$66. Kulungile: cishe noma ubani angathenga iwashi elifanayo nesozigidigidi.
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Ngewashi elibiza ngaphansi kuka-$70, kuwumqondo ophansi ukusho ukuthi ukuthenga kukaGates kwe-Casio Duro yakhe akuzange kumenze afane nenani lakhe. Ukugqamisa lokhu ngezindlela ezigcizelela kakhulu, ucwaningo luphakamisa ukuthi uGates uhola cishe u-$127 umzuzwana ngamunye.
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UGates akuyena kuphela usozigidigidi ohlala enesizotha namawashi abo. I-Bezos eshiwo ngenhla, inkosi yengcebo njengamanje, igqoke i-Ulysse Nardin Dual Time. Nakuba leli washi likanokusho lingamakhilomitha amaningi ngaphambi kwanoma yini enye iCasio okufanele inikele ngayo; the $12,300 kubiza ukushintsha chump ukuze Bezos. Angathenga iwashi ezinye izikhathi eziyizigidi ezingu-11.5.
U-Jes Staley, oyi-CEO ye-Barclays, usesikebheni esifanayo. Noma ebiza ngaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili zamaRandi, unamathela ku-Panerai Luminor Marina engaphansi kancane kwe-$4,500. Lokhu kusho ukuthi kukhona abantu abahola i-avareji yokuphila abanewashi elibiza kakhulu kunezigidigidi!