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Name
Amancio Ortega
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Net worth
💰 $113.8B
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Born
March 28, 1936 (age 88) |
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Education
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Source
Zara
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Industry
Retail
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Ortega first began his career manufacturing textiles through a small family company in 1963. He owns a 10% stake in Spanish telecoms firm Telxius and 5% of publicly traded natural gas grid operator Enag's.
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Name
Bill Gates
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Net worth
💰 $135.4B
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Born
October 28, 1955 (age 68) |
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Education
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Source
Microsoft
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Industry
Technology
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When Gates was a kid, he spent so much time reading that his parents finally forbade him from bringing books to the dinner table. Gates took a break from classes his senior year in high school to do programming with his friend Paul Allen at a power plant in North Bonneville, Washington.