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Today’s ranking of the world’s richest people.
The richest man on Earth is co-founder and technology adviser of
Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker. His 4.3 percent stake of
the Redmond, Washington-based company represents about a fifth of his
total wealth. The rest of his fortune lies in Cascade Investment, an
entity that has stakes in companies such as Canadian National Railway
and Berkshire Hathaway. He's donated $28 billion to his foundation.Intelligence
- Counts Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman as a hero.
- Paid the Rolling Stones $10 million for the rights to use "Start Me Up."
- Served as a Democratic page for the U.S. Congress in 1972.
- Purchased the Bettmann Archive of 19 million photographs in 1995.
- Took singing lessons with his wife, Melinda.
- Is the largest shareholder of Canada's biggest railroad operator.
- Antagonist in satirical song "The Gates" from group Da Vinci's Notebook.
- Told Reddit in 2014 that he washes his own dishes every night.
http://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/2014-03-12/cya
