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Armed with billions, serial entrepreneur Bill Gates never tires of seeking new fronts

Bill Gates when he spoke during the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York. [Getty Images]

There is a cringe video of billionaire Bill Gates sipping on a glass of water, which, just minutes before, he confesses, was human waste.

He gives his signature smile, a wry, knowing grin, and savours the taste as people clap in the background. "It's water," he says.

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