Bill Gates says he owns 1 out of every 4000 acres of all US farmland – why has he taken such a big position?
Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. After Bill Gates moved on from his role at Microsoft, the company he founded, he shifted his focus to philanthropic efforts with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, providing billions of dollars of capital to noteworthy projects every year. With a net worth of $105.8 billion, according to Forbes, Gates’ portfolio is widely diversified. There’s his Microsoft (MSFT) stock, of course, but th ...