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REPORT: Bill Gates Is America’s Top Private Farmland Owner
… holdings are in Louisiana with 69,071 acres, Arkansas with 47,927, and Nebraska with 20,588.
Bill Gates, the world’s fourth richest person, is also America’s largest private farmland owner with 242,000 acres of farmland, according to The Land Report.
With a net worth upwards of $121 billion, Gates and his wife Melina Gates own farmland across 18 states, according to The Land Report. The land is held both by Gates and through Cascade Investments, a firm controlled by Gates which manages his investments, according to the report published Monday.
Gates‘ largest land holdings are in Louisiana with 69,071 acres, Arkansas with 47,927, and Nebraska with 20,588, according to Business Insider.