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. Gates, who stepped down as chairman of Microsoft in early 2014 but has remained a board member of the company he cofounded, owns roughly 2.5% of Microsoft, which accounts for just under 15% of his fortune. Other investments include stakes in Deere & Co., hygiene and water technology firm Ecolab, and car dealer Autonation. In January, Gates reportedly invested in Redmond, Wash.-based startup Kymeta, which is building tiny satellite antennas that could improve communications connectivity.

Bill Gates
The owner of Microsoft

Bill Gates is the world’s richest man, with a net worth of $78.3 billion. He’s had quite a journey, from college dropout to tech mogul to billionaire philanthropist.

Gates got hooked on computing at the age of 13, according to his father. Gates dropped out of Harvard in 1975 to found with Paul Allen.

Gates also proved to be a groundbreaking employer around this time: The foundation announced that it would give its employees a year's paid leave after the birth of a child or the adoption of a child. 

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