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Bill Gates vows to drop off world's rich list

It came as the Microsoft co-founder announced he would make a $20bn (£17bn) donation to his philanthropic fund.

The world's fourth richest man said he had an "obligation" to return his resources to society.

Mr Gates first pledged to give away his wealth in 2010 but his net worth has more than doubled since then.

He is currently worth $118bn, according to Forbes magazine, but that will fall significantly after his donation in July to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the charitable fund he set up with his ex-wife in 2000.

Bill Gates left Microsoft amid affair investigation

The tech giant confirmed that it had launched a probe after concerns were reported about his behaviour.

The firm said it held an investigation with a law firm and provided support to the employee who made the complaint.

A spokesperson for Mr Gates denied that his decision to step back had anything to do with the investigation.

News of the investigation emerged after Bill and Melinda Gates announced their decision to divorce after 27 years of marriage.

Bill and Melinda Gates announce they're splitting up

"After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage," the 65-year-old wrote on social media.

"Over the last 27 years we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable people to lead healthy, productive lives. We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue to work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives.

Bill Gates and Michelle Obama top global list of most admired people in the world

International market research firm YouGov published its annual study of the most admired public figures in the world earlier this month.

Bill Gates warns the world to prep for bio-terrorism

He's warning that the threat of bio-terrorism is "right up there with nuclear war and climate change."

Gates spoke at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday, and an abridged transcript of his speech was published by Business Insider.

Bill Gates: We are vulnerable to flu epidemic in next decade

Mr Gates, whose foundation invests in improving global healthcare, said the Ebola and Zika crises showed the systems for responding to emergencies are still not strong enough.

He was speaking to Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer for England and BBC Radio 4's Today programme guest editor.

She revealed that her department had recently rehearsed a "nasty flu" scenario.

Bill Gates was her secret Santa, and it was as awesome as you'd think

A Reddit user named Aerrix says the world's richest man -- worth a cool $75 billion, in case you've forgotten -- sent her gifts last week through Reddit's Secret Santa Gift exchange.

Bill Gates Is no longer the World’s richest person

The last few days have witnessed two billionaires going through those ups and downs to sit on the throne and become the world’s richest person.

One the of them is Bill Gates, a name synonymous to the title “World’s Richest Person”.

The second one is the co-founder of Zara retail clothing line, Amancio Ortega, whose dramatic stock performance made him climb the world’s billionaires list leaving behind Gates, Buffett, Bezos, and Zuckerberg in the below positions.

Bill Gates is now worth $90 billion

Bill Gates' net worth has crossed the $90 billion threshold, according to a real-time rankings from Bloomberg's Billionaire Index.

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Bill Gates: Bolivia unimpressed with billionaire's poultry effort to fight poverty

"I find it rude, because unfortunately some people, especially in the empire (the United States), still see us as beggars," Rural Development Minister Cesar Cocarico said.

"We don't depend on chickens. We've advanced.

"Our people have dignity and they know how to work," he told journalists.

Mr Gates, the man ranked by Forbes magazine as the richest person in the world, announced plans last week to donate chickens to poor nations in an effort to fight extreme poverty.