If he’d never given away a dime or sold a share of the software giant, Gates would have nearly 10 times more leftover to give away.

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Fact checked by Stella Osoba Bill Gates, worth over $100 billion, plans to leave his three children less than 1% of his vast fortune. While that still amounts to millions per child, it's a surprisingly small fraction of what the Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) cofounder could give.