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Bill Gates falls to world's third richest, France's Bernard Arnault moves up to second spot
LVMH, Arnault’s luxury-goods maker, advanced to a record Tuesday and pushed his net worth to $107.6 billion and ahead of Gates by more than $200 million.
Gates says Steve Jobs cast ‘spells’ to keep Apple from dying
Billionaire Bill Gates said that Apple’s Steve Jobs was singular in his ability to take a company “on a path to die” and turn it into the world’s most valuable -- in part by “casting spells”.
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The world now has three people worth more than $100 Billion each
Arnault’s fortune of $100.4 billion now equals more than 3% of France’s economy, underscoring the wealth gap in his native country, where protesters have agitated this year for more benefits paid for by the rich.
Need a summer reading list? Bill Gates has some suggestions
From Upheaval by Jared Diamond to A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, Bill Gates' reading list is a great way to spend the summertime.
Bill Gates joins Jeff Bezos in 12-digit club as only centibillionaires
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, once the world’s richest person, has again eclipsed the $100 billion threshold, joining Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos in the exclusive club, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Jeff Bezos is world's richest man, Mukesh Ambani only Indian in top 20: Forbes rich list
Forbes' billionaire list: Only two women - L'Oreal Heiress Francoise Bettencourt and Alice Walton, chairman of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art - could make it to the list.
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Photo of billionaire Bill Gates waiting in a line at a burger joint is going viral
The photo was shared on Facebook by a former Microsoft employee, who informed that the picture was taken in Settle and was initially posted in a Microsoft alumni group, which was then reposted by him.
Watch: When Bill Gates calculated how big each slice should be before cutting his wedding cake
Melinda Gates shared an adorable video on the couple's 25th wedding anniversary reminding Bill Gates how he tried to slice their wedding cake so that all the guests would get an equal share.
Bill Gates aims to save $233 billion by reinventing the toilet
“I never imagined that I’d know so much about poop,” Gates said in remarks prepared for the Beijing event.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies at 65
Allen, who was an avid sports fan, owned the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks. Allen and Gates met while attending a private school in north Seattle. The two friends would later drop out of college to pursue the future they envisioned.
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Bill Gates gives a speech with a jar of faeces next to him on the future of toilets
Placing a jar of faeces on a pedestal next to him, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said, "This small amount of faeces could contain as many as 200 trillion rotavirus cells, 20 billion Shigella bacteria, and 100,000 parasitic worm eggs.''
Here are the top four richest people in the World for July 2017
Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Mark Zuckerberg have topped the Forbes list of richest people in the world. Here is how much they are worth.
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Bill Gates meets Nitin Gadkari
Bill Gates met Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari at his residence in New Delhi.
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Bill Gates On Digital Financial Inclusion In India
Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Friday said in a couple of years India will lead the way in digital financial inclusion. Speaking at a panel discussion on Transforming India through digital financial inclusion, Gates, in association with NASSCOM, said they were helping the government implement its projects in sector. “The results will be magical once […]
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