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Bill Gates

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For other people named Bill Gates, see Bill Gates (disambiguation).
Bill Gates
Head and shoulders photo of Bill Gates
Gates in 2013
BornWilliam Henry Gates III
October 28, 1955 (age 58)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
ResidenceMedina, Washington, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University (dropped out)
OccupationTechnology Advisor of Microsoft
Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
CEO of Cascade Investment
Chairman of Corbis
Years active1975–present
Net worthUS$ 76-77 billion (average)[1]
Board member of
Microsoft
Berkshire Hathaway
Spouse(s)Melinda Gates (m. 1994)
ChildrenJennifer, Rory, and Phoebe
ParentsWilliam H. Gates, Sr.
Mary Maxwell Gates
SignatureWilliam H. Gates III
Website
TheGatesNotes.com

William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor.[2][3][4] Gates is the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen.

He is consistently ranked in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people[5] and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009—excluding 2008, when he was ranked third;[1] in 2011 he was the wealthiest American and the world's second wealthiest person.[6][7] According to the Bloomberg Billionaires List, Gates became the world's richest person again in 2013, a position that he last held on the list in 2007.[8] As of April 2014, he is once again the richest person in the world.[1]

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