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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.
Bill Gates’ megamansion, dubbed Xanadu 2.0 in reference to Citizen Kane, is exactly the opulence you would expect a billionaire to live in. The 66,000 square-foot mansion in Lake Washington has ...
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."
Having cofounded the world’s largest software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates is one of the richest people in the world, worth an estimated $152 billion, according to Forbes. While he and his ex ...
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 ...
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]
Gates' real estate holdings include a $130 million Washington mansion, Florida horse ranches, and a new California oceanfront purchase.
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