Last year bought Israeli cutting-tool business Iscar and electronic components distributor TTI. Today holding company invested in insurance (Geico, General Re), jewelry (Borsheim's), utilities ( Took over textile firm Berkshire Hathaway 1965. Studied under value investing guru Benjamin Graham at Columbia. Filed first tax return at age 13, claiming $35 deduction for bicycle. Son of Nebraska politician delivered newspapers as a boy. Berkshire shares up 24% over past 12 months have averaged 21.4% annual return since 1965. Nation's most beloved investor is $6 billion richer this year despite handing over $2.1 billion in Days as world's richest man may be over Mexican Carlos Slim Helú also worth $59 billion.Ĭlick Here for Billionaires You've Never Heard Of Early goal: put "a computer on every desk and in every home." Soon more than 1 billion computers will run Windows. Believes Microsoft's far-flung bets, including 10-year affair with Internet-based television, may soon pay off says next 10 years will be the "most interesting" in software history. 's turf (and vice versa) spent $6 billion to land Web ad firm Aquantive in May. Company's new operating system, Vista, debuted in January to mixed reviews shares up 12% in past year. more than half of net worth now outside of Microsoft. Sells 20 million Microsoft shares every quarter, proceeds going to private investment vehicle Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation manages $33 billion, donates to causes aimed at bringing financial tools to the poor, speeding up the development of vaccines (for AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis), bettering America's lagging high schools. Visionary preparing to give up day-to-day involvement in company he cofounded 32 years ago to spend more time focused on his philanthropic endeavors.
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