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The Richest
By: Rosa Gomez

The richest man in America is said to be Bill Gates with a net worth of 79 billion dollars, he
started out in college where he developed a computer program when he realized none of the
computers had any programming, after creating a program a company hired him to program their
computers. Bill then quit school to focus on his computer programming career, he then created
the Microsoft company with one of his close friends. At some point it was said that his company
was a monopoly (takes control over other companies), since there aren’t many companies like
his it wasn’t taken further, but soon after he denounced his role as CEO of Microsoft. Bill Gates
contributes to the community with his giving scholarships and committing to many charities.

Bill gates and wife Amanda have a foundation named Bill & Amanda Gates foundation in which
they contribute to reduce poverty in America, which goes with what the Gates family beliefs to
help their community. His priorities while spending shows how he gives most to charities he
supports.

The richest man in Russia is Alisher Usmanov his net worth is 14.5 billion dollars, his source for
money is steel and mining and investments he has. He has the number 2 best operating mobile
phone in Russia.