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#6 Bill Gates
Cofounder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
REAL TIME NET WORTH$79.4 Billion
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AGE60SOURCE OF WEALTHMicrosoft, Self MadeSELF-MADE SCORE8RESIDENCEMedina, WACITIZENSHIPUnited StatesMARITAL STATUSMarriedCHILDREN3EDUCATIONDrop Out, Harvard University
Bill Gates on Forbes Lists#6 Powerful People (2015)#1 Forbes 400 (2015)#1 Richest In Tech (2015)The Richest Person In Every State (2015)#1 Billionaires (2015)
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It's a landmark year for the world's richest man. Bill Gates and his friend Paul Allen launched Microsoft 40 years ago with the goal of getting a computer on every person's desk. Now, 84% of U.S. households own a computer. Fifteen years ago, Bill and Melinda Gates started their charitable foundation with the goal of reducing inequity, and have put more than $30 billion to work toward that end. Early in 2015 the couple picked a big bet for the foundation's next stage: "The lives of people in poor countries will improve faster in the next 15 years than at any other time in history
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