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Bill Gates designed and owns a mansion that is on Lake Washington in Medina, Washington.The 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m 2) mansion [1] incorporates technology in its design. [specify] [2] In 2009, property taxes were reported to be US$1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million.
In June 2018, Gates offered free ebooks, to all new graduates of U.S. colleges and universities, [162] and in 2021, offered free ebooks, to all college and university students around the world. [163] [164] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partially funds OpenStax, which creates and provides free digital textbooks. [165]
The estate is enclosed by an iron fence that is entered through a gateway with a giant letter "K" above it. Central to the estate is Xanadu proper, the castle-like mansion that served as Kane's home and repository for his enormous collection of antiquities and objets d'art. Xanadu has a butler and at least a few dozen footmen and maidservants ...
Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images Bill Gates just purchased a $43 million 5,800-square-foot home in Del Mar, California, reported Katherine Clarke for The Wall Street Journal. Gates has an estimated ...
Antitrust (also titled Conspiracy.com [5] and Startup [6]) is a 2001 American techno-thriller film written by Howard Franklin and directed by Peter Howitt. [7] [8]Antitrust portrays young idealistic programmers and a large corporation (NURV) that offers a significant salary, an informal working environment, and creative opportunities for those talented individuals willing to work for them.
It took Gates seven years and $63 million to build his Medina, Washington, estate, named "Xanadu 2.0" after the fictional home of Charles Foster Kane, the title character of "Citizen Kane."
Exactly 49 years ago today, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft—a company that has had a lasting impression and impact on the software industry, and Big Tech itself.
Gates House may refer to: J. M. Gates House, Kingman Arizona, NRHP-listed; Neil H. Gates House, Phoenix, Arizona, NRHP-listed; Gates House (Denver, Colorado), a Denver Landmark; Judge Louis Gates House, Kansas City, Kansas, NRHP-listed; Gates House (Machiasport, Maine), listed on the National Register of Historic Places