Life ain’t all gold-plated Bentleys and caviar on crackers for tech billionaires.

They go through the same hassles as the rest of us, and today’s headlines prove it:

Tech Billionaires So Like Us #1: Getting Chewed Out By Your Accountant: Email exchanges between Oracle founder Larry Ellison and personal accountant Philip Simon reveal a tug-of-war over the wayward billionaire’s finances, with Ellison pushing his credit limit to the max on yachts, mansions and over $20 million a year on “miscellaneous lifestyle expenses.” Read the full story here in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Tech Billionaires So Like Us #2: Doing Your Taxes Sucks: Apparently Microsoft founder and world’s richest individual Bill Gates has a rough go of it when it comes to tax time. Not because he can’t cough up the bucks, but because the government’s computers aren’t equipped to handle his $47 billion dollar fortune. Grab a hanky and read this sob story now.

Tech Billionaires So Like Us #3: A Little Gambling Habit Never Hurt Anybody: Dot com playboy and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban talks to the Oakland Tribune about why he wants to introduce sports gambling into the NBA and how he’s really just a shy flower at heart.

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