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Bill Gates Thinks Everyone Only Really Needs A Few Million Dollars

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Bill Gates, the world's second-richest man, doesn't think you need anywhere close to that much money.

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In fact, he would settle for a five or six followed by six zeros.

“I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars, there’s a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that. But once you get much beyond that, I have to tell you, it’s the same hamburger," Geekwire quoted the Microsoft founder saying during a talk at the University of Washington's Computer Science & Engineering Department.

Want more about inequality? Check out WE ARE THE 99 PERCENT: Stories Of American Disillusionment

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