12 of Forbes’ 100 Richest Tech Billionaires Who Have Ties to AV
Posted on 2016-08-18·By CI Staff
Bill Gates
Net Worth: $78.1 Billion
Source of Wealth: Cofounder of Microsoft
Bill Gates continues to tackle global challenges as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest private charitable foundation. In June at the Forbes Philanthropy Summit, his team created a chicken coop in a downtown Manhattan skyscraper, showcasing the importance that a few chickens can have in improving the quality of life for some of the world’s poorest people. In July, Gates gave the annual Nelson Mandela lecture in Pretoria, South Africa, urging the continent to invest in its youth and promising that his foundation will invest $5 billion in Africa over the next five years.
Source: forbes.com