Inside Bill Gates Multi Billion Dollar Farm Empire

Inside Bill Gates Multi Billion Dollar Farm Empire
Bill Gates is now the largest private farmland owner in the United States, controlling approximately 270,000 acres across 19 states—an agricultural empire worth billions that's been quietly assembled over the past decade. But why would a tech billionaire invest so heavily in dirt? The Microsoft founder's vast farmland portfolio includes everything from potato fields in Washington state to soybean farms in Illinois, cotton operations in Arizona, and rice paddies in California. His holdings span the country's most productive agricultural regions, making him one of the most influential figures in American food production—yet most people have no idea this empire even exists.

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