Gates is a conman. Everything he's "accomplished" has been off the work of others. Others projects, other designs, others ideas.
Now this fucker is so unbelievably wealthy that he's able to game the system by investing in whatever he wants and powerful enough to then control the demand by eliminating supply.
You thought there were laws against that sort of thing but it turns out the law, like the truth, has become malleable depending on who it benefits.