Bill Gates becomes largest private farmland owner in US with 242,000 acres: Report

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A new report shows that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the largest private farmland owner in the United States.

Gates, the world’s fourth-richest person with a net worth of over $120 billion, reportedly owns 242,000 acres of farmland in the country stretching across 18 states, according to an analysis by the Land Report.

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