Bill Gates owns 1 in every 4,000 acres of farmland in the United States. Why the tech billionaire loves traditional agricultural investments

Bill Gates owns 1 in every 4,000 acres of farmland in the United States. Why the tech billionaire loves traditional agricultural investments

Bryan Bedder/Getty Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commissions or income through links in the content below. Seventeen years ago, Bill Gates left his position at Microsoft, the company he founded, to focus on philanthropic efforts through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, providing billions of dollars in capital to high-profile projects each year….

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Bill Gates warned him that investing in OpenAI would be like setting a billion dollars on fire.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Bill Gates warned him that investing in OpenAI would be like setting a billion dollars on fire.

Microsoft made its first $1 billion investment in OpenAI in 2019. The company invested more than $13 billion in the maker of ChatGPT. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Bill Gates was initially wary of investing in OpenAI. Microsoft’s early investments in OpenAI may seem like a no-brainer today, but Satya Nadella says the company and…

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Jeff Bezos makes a bold statement about the future of human civilization: “I don’t see how anyone alive right now can be discouraged”

Jeff Bezos makes a bold statement about the future of human civilization: “I don’t see how anyone alive right now can be discouraged”

The future looks bright, at least according to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Fortune reported on Bezos’ speech at Italian Tech Week 2025, where he shared his vision for the future, one that includes living in space and a lack of commuting. Bezos’ predictions include the expectation that by 2045, robots will travel to work for…

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