The tech billionaire and his wife own 242,000 acres of farmland across the U.S.
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- Bill and Melinda Gates have accumulated a massive farmland portfolio that stretches across 18 states.
- Gates’s largest holdings are in Louisiana, where the billionaire owns nearly 70,000 acres.
- He and his wife also own 47,927 acres in Arkansas and 20,588 acres in Nebraska.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates are now the largest private farmland owners in the U.S., according to The Land Report.
The philanthropist, whose net worth of $121 billion makes him the fourth-richest person in the world, has quietly built up a massive farmland portfolio that spans across 18 states. According to The Land Report’s research, Gates has accumulated 242,000 acres of farmland that stretches from Washington to Florida.
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