Bill Gates, who bought 242 thousand acres of farmland, became a US landowner

Bill Gates, one of the wealthiest in the world, purchased 242 thousand acres (about 979 thousand square kilometers) of farmland in the United States, becoming the largest landowner in the country.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the fourth richest person in the world, bought 242 thousand acres (about 979 thousand square kilometers) of farmland from many states of the United States. Through this initiative, Gates became the largest private owner of farmland in the United States. American media reported that Gates had purchased Farmland in places such as Florida and Washington, and this time Gates had created a huge farmland portfolio covering 18 states.

THEIR FORTUNES HAVE FOLDED IN CORONAVIRUS

According to the US Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the world's richest people have added wealth to their wealth in 2020, which is also overshadowed by a coronavirus (Covid-19). According to the list updated on the first day of 2021, despite the Kovid-19 outbreak, the total increase in the wealth of those who made the list of billionaires in 2020 was 31 percent. This increase was recorded as the highest increase in the history of the index published for 8 years.

HE'S IN THE TOP THREE WITH A FORTUNE OF $ 132 BILLION

Name that the first 5;  100 billion $ more than Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos in the list with a fortune of 190, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk 170, 132 Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg with a French businessman Bernard Arnault seems to have a fortune of 114 and 104 billion dollars.