Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ divorce from wife Melinda could break up his relatively unknown standing as the biggest owner of farmland in America.
While he made his $130 billion fortune through tech, Gates also owns nearly 270,000 acres (422 square miles) of land across more than a dozen states, according to a January investigation by The Land Report of the largely hidden investments.
The vast majority — some 242,000 acres (378 square miles) — is farmland, at least 50,000 acres more than the family with the next-largest holdings, the outlet said.
“Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, has an alter ego: Farmer Bill, the guy who owns more farmland than anyone else in America,” wrote the mag’s editor, Eric O’Keefe.
The land is now likely to be part of the divorce deal for the couple, who admitted in filings that they did not have a prenuptial agreement for the 27-year marriage.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ divorce from wife Melinda could break up
his relatively unknown standing as the biggest owner of farmland in America.
While he made his $130 billion fortune through tech, Gates also owns nearly 270,000 acres (422 square miles) of land across more than a dozen states,
according to a January investigation by The Land Report of the largely
hidden investments.
The vast majority — some 242,000 acres (378 square miles) — is farmland,
at least 50,000 acres more than the family with the next-largest holdings,
the outlet said.
“Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, has an alter ego: Farmer Bill, the
guy who owns more farmland than anyone else in America,” wrote the mag’s
editor, Eric O’Keefe.
The land is now likely to be part of the divorce deal for the couple, who
admitted in filings that they did not have a prenuptial agreement for the 27-year marriage.