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Publisher's Notebook
March 13, 2014
Last night, we snapped Bill Gates at a small evening interview and reception hosted by Atlantic Magazine at the Watergate. (The man is really, really smart. But Atlantic may be even more so, that they figured out how to get him.) Among other things, Bill said he doesn't really consider himself an entrepreneur as much as a software engineer who was so passionate about computers he decided to create a company. He even talked about commercial real estate, saying such purchases by foreigners don't concern him, as long as they allow us to purchase their assets and provided it doesn't worsen the trade balance. And yes, by Forbes' latest calculations a few days ago, Bill is once again the world's richest person—at $76B.
