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Bill Gates
Gates in 2018
BornWilliam Henry Gates III
28 October 1955
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
ResidenceMedina, WA, US
NaitionalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard Varsity
(dropped oot)
ThriftCo-foonder an Chairman
o Microsoft
Co-Chair o the [[Bill & Melinda
Gates Foondation]]
CEO o Cascade Investment
Chairman o Corbis
Years active1975–present
Net wirthUS$105.6 billion (Mey 2020)[1]
Board member of

Berkshire Hathaway
Hauf-marrae(s)Melinda Gates (1994–present)
Bairns3
PawrentsWilliam H. Gates, Sr.
Mary Maxwell Gates
SignaturWilliam H. Gates III
Wabsteid
The Gates Notes

William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955)[2] is an American business magnate, investor, programmer,[3] inventor[4] an philanthropist. Gates is the umwhile chief executive an current chairman o Microsoft, the warld’s lairgest personal-computer saftware company, which he co-foondit with Paul Allen.

He is consistently rankit in the Forbes leet o the warld's wealthiest fowk[5] an wis the wealthiest oweraw frae 1995 tae 2009—excludin 2008, when he wis rankit third;[1] in 2011 he wis the wealthiest American an the warld's seicont wealthiest person.[6][7] Accordin tae the Bloomberg Billionaires Leet, Gates is the warld's richest person in 2013, a poseetion that he last held on the leet in 2007.[8]

Durin his career at Microsoft, Gates held the poseetions o CEO an chief saftware architect, an remains the lairgest individual shareholder, wi 6.4 percent o the common stock.[a] He has an aa authored an co-authored several beuks.

Gates is ane o the baist-kent entrepreneurs o the personal computer revolution. Gates haes been criticized for his business tactics, which hae been considered anti-competitive, an opinion which haes in some cases been upheld bi the coorts.[11][12] In the later stages o his career, Gates haes pursued a nummer o philanthropic endeavors, donatin lairge amoonts o money tae various charitable organizations an scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foondation, established in 2000.[13]

Gates stepped doun as chief executive officer o Microsoft in Januar 2000. He remained as chairman an creatit the poseetion o chief saftware airchitect. In Juin 2006, Gates annoonced that he would be transeetioning frae full-time wirk at Microsoft tae part-time wirk, an full-time wirk at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foondation. He gradually transferred his duties tae Ray Ozzie, chief saftware airchitect, an Craig Mundie, chief research an strategy officer. Gates's last full-time day at Microsoft wis Juin 27, 2008. He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman.

Notes

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  1. ↑ Gates regularly documents his share ainership through public U.S. Securities an Exchynge Commission form 4 filins.[9][10]

References

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  1. ↑ a b "Billionaires #2 Bill Gates". Forbes. 5 Mairch 2019. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2020.
  2. ↑ Manes 1994, p. 11.
  3. ↑ "Bill Gates (American computer programmer, businessman, and philanthropist)". Retrieved 20 Mairch 2013.
  4. ↑ "Honoring the Inventor: Bill Gates' Patents". Retrieved 20 Mairch 2013.
  5. ↑ Wahba, Phil (17 September 2008). "Bill Gates tops US wealth list 15 years in a row". Reuters. Archived frae the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
  6. ↑ "The Washington Post". Archived frae the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 20 Julie 2013.
  7. ↑ "Forbes Billionaires list". Archived frae the original on 25 Mey 2012. Retrieved 20 Julie 2013.
  8. ↑ Cuadros, Alex; Harrison, Crayton (17 Mey 2013). "Bill Gates Retakes World's Richest Title From Carlos Slim". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 30 Mey 2013.
  9. ↑ MSFT (Holdings), NASDAQ, archived frae the original on 19 October 2011, retrieved 20 Julie 2013.
  10. ↑ MSFT (Symbol), NASDAQ.
  11. ↑ Manes 1994, p. 459.
  12. ↑ Lesinski 2006, p. 96.
  13. ↑ "Gates foundation". Archived frae the original on 23 Mey 2012. Retrieved 20 Julie 2013.Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine

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