A file photo of software mogul Bill Gates’ lakeside home in Medina, Washington. Valued at more than US$130mil (RM535.01mil), the tech-savvy mansion – dubbed Xanadu 2.0 – spans 66,000 square feet and racks up a yearly property tax bill of more than US$1mil (RM4.11mil). Zuma Press/TNS
With the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce bombshell still echoing, so begins the process of divvying up the fourth-largest fortune in the world.
Forbes puts the Microsoft Corp co-founder’s net worth at just north of US$130bil (RM535.01bil), a massive sum that includes the world’s largest private family charitable foundation, a lucrative personal investment firm and a collection of real estate that rivals any in the country.
Bill and Melinda Gates divorce: Who gets $130 million mansion? 242,000 acres of farmland?
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A view of software mogul Bill Gates lakeside home on August 7, 2000 in Medina, Washington. (Gary Benson/Zuma Press/TNS)TNS
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By Jack Flemming Los Angeles Times (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
With the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce bombshell still echoing, so begins the process of divvying up the fourth-largest fortune in the world.
Forbes puts the Microsoft Corp. co-founder’s net worth at just north of $130 billion, a massive sum that includes the world’s largest private family charitable foundation, a lucrative personal investment firm and a collection of real estate that rivals any in the country.