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Consider industrialist Matthew Boulton if you thought Bill Gates was wealthy. At his peak, the Birmingham-based inventor acquired a personal fortune equal to that of Microsoft tycoon Bill Gates! Boulton lived in the beautiful Soho House in the late 18th century.