Barkley Hound asked:


$40 billion is greater than the assets of most banks. It would have to be put into thousands of banks, stock portfolios, properties, Microsoft, etc. Where is Bill Gates’ money and does he have a company of accountants just to keep track of it?

As a secondary question: If you just were handed a check for a few hundred million that you just won in the lottery what would you physically do with it? Can you imagine walking into a bank and trying to deposit it? You can’t just leave it in checking earning .1% interest. Do you create hundreds of CD’s? What do you do?
I’m more interested in what YOU would do with the money than Bill Gates. I just wondered what I would immediately do if all of a sudden I was handed a check for a huge amount of money. You just can put in in your checking account and leave it there.
If you were the type that did not want to invest in stock or property and you wanted the money to be safe it would take 400,000 CDs.

Suzanne

La Final asked:


PLEASE tell me. If you are not sure just guess. Honestly, I have no clue.

Thanks for your help!

Tim