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Bill Gates wishes he wasn't richest in world

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REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates  said he wished he

were not the world's richest man.

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"I wish I wasn't. There is nothing good that comes out of that,"

said Gates, whose personal fortune has sunk by billions since last week when the

software giant disappointed investors by saying new investments would crimp

earnings.

The corporate leader who made Microsoft into the world's largest software

maker -- and who is also one of the biggest philanthropists -- is seen as a man

who does not like publicity. He explained that he did not like the attention of

being the world's richest.

"You get more visibility as a result of it," he said during an

interview conducted by CNBC reporter Donny Deutsch in front of a crowd of people

attending a Microsoft advertising event.

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The Microsoft co-founder said that the person he learned most from in the

world, aside from technology colleagues, was fellow-billionaire and legendary

investor Warren Buffett.

"He has this very refreshing, simple way of looking at things so I put

him top of the list," said Gates, adding that the top lesson from Buffett

was the importance of integrity.

Still, Gates joked about his plight being unequaled in wealth. Asked if he

surrounded himself with financial peers, he quipped, "No, I sit

alone."

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