Carved into the hillside about 200 years ago, the figure is said to be George III on his horse.

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He retired in 1999 at the peak of Microsoft's market cap, bought a used Gulfstream III jet and invested his nine-figure fortune in dinosaur fossil hunts and the like.

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And Richard III the man is not now a major figure in Western consciousness.

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This figure witnessed some deterioration in the first quarter of 2012 due to higher investments and switch from Euro III to Euro V in Brazil this year.

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