Bill Gates Wiki Wikipedia Bio Biography Profile

Bill Gates Wiki Wikipedia Bio Biography Profile :

02-25-2014

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Bill Gates (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, entrepreneur, investor, programmer and philanthropist. He is the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world's largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with 6.4 percent of the common stock. He has also authored and co-authored several books.

In the later stages of his career, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavours, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000. Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect for himself. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work, and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He stepped down as chairman of Microsoft in February 2014, taking on a new post as technology advisor to support newly appointed CEO Satya Nadella.

He is consistently ranked in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009 - excluding 2008, when he was ranked third. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires List, Gates is the world's richest person in 2013, a position that he last held on the list in 2007.

Native name:

William Henry Gates III

Born:

October 28, 1955 (age 58)
Seattle, WA, US

Residence

Medina, WA, US

Citizenship

American

Education

Alma mater: Harvard University (dropped out)

Occupation

Technology Advisor of Microsoft
Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
CEO of Cascade Investment
Chairman of Corbis
Board member of Berkshire Hathaway

Years active

1975 - present

Salary

$1.2 million

Net worth

US$ 76.8 billion (Nov 2013)

Predecessor

Steve Ballmer

Spouse(s)

Melinda Gates (married in 1994)

Children

Jennifer, Rory, and Phoebe

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