Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Bill Gates has vowed to give away 99% of his wealth and eventually fall off the billionaire lists. Even so, his fortune keeps sprouting in unexpected places — namely, America's farmland. According to the 2025 Land Report, Gates ranks 43rd among America's largest private landowners with 275,000 acres. Roughly 248,000 of those acres are active farmland, while other holdings include projects like TerraPower's ...