Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Jack Dorsey, there was only one true mega-rich billionaire tech nerd in town: Bill Gates. The richest man in the world for a grand total of 19 years, the Microsoft founder is today known for being one of the world's foremost philanthropists, having pledged to give away the majority of his wealth before his death.Through the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates invests in causes such as climate change, poverty, and more recently, research into treatments and vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, all this charity doesn't mean he doesn't like to splurge, as the tale of Gate's spectacular rise to planetary wealth shows.
From a vast property empire to a huge supercar collection, Gates' enormous bank balance lets him do almost anything he wants.
Here's how the world's former richest person got his money—and how he spends it. Like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Apple founder Steve Jobs, Bill Gates dropped out of university to start his business.
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