Bill Gates vs. Amancio Ortega
Who will win?
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Name Bill Gates |
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Net worth
๐ฐ $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.
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Name Amancio Ortega |
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Net worth
๐ฐ $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.