2007-01-18 22:50:15 · 15 answers · asked by ronard t 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
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William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington) is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder, chairman, former chief software architect, and former CEO of Microsoft, the world's largest software company. Forbes magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person on earth for the last thirteen consecutive years, with a current net worth of approximately $53 billion. When family wealth is considered, his family ranks second behind the Walton family.[3][4]
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is widely respected by people who see his wealth as a product of intelligence and foresight,[5][6] his business tactics have often been criticized as unethical or anti-competitive, and have, in some instances, been ruled as such in court.[7][8] Since amassing his fortune, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
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2007-01-18 23:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by mallimalar_2000 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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Bill Gates, Business Personality
Born: 28 October 1955
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington
Best Known As: Founder and head of the Microsoft Corporation
Name at birth: William Gates III
Bill Gates is the head of the software company Microsoft and is one of the world's wealthiest men. Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in the 1970s, though Allen left the company in 1983. Gates oversaw the invention and marketing of the MS-DOS operating system, the Windows operating interface, the Internet Explorer browser, and a multitude of other popular computer products. Along the way he gained a reputation for fierce competitiveness and aggressive business savvy. During the 1990s rising Microsoft stock prices made Gates the world's wealthiest man; his wealth has at times exceeded $75 billion, making Gates a popular symbol of the ascendant computer geek of the late 20th century. In June of 2006, Gates announced that he would step down from day-to-day involvement in Microsoft by July of 2008. He said he would then remain chairman of the Microsoft board while focusing on his charitable foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Gates married Melinda French, a Microsoft employee, on 1 January 1994. The couple have three children: daughters Jennifer Katharine (b. 1996) and Phoebe Adele (b. 2002) and son Rory John (b. 1999)... Gates's personal chartiable initiative, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has focused on global health issues, especially on preventing malaria and AIDS in poor countries; in 2005, ABC News reported that he had given away over six billion dollars in the previous five years... For their philanthropic activities, Time magazine named Bill and Melinda Gates (along with rock star and activist Bono) its Persons of the Year for 2005.
2007-01-18 22:54:29 · answer #2 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington) is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder, chairman, former chief software architect, and former CEO of Microsoft, the world's largest software company. Forbes magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person on earth for the last thirteen consecutive years, with a current net worth of approximately $53 billion. When family wealth is considered, his family ranks second behind the Walton family.
2007-01-19 01:59:30 · answer #3 · answered by black_cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Billionaire Bill Gate is head of Microsoft Corporation.
2007-01-18 22:54:50 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates is the richest/second richest(in dispute)man in the world. He also founded and works for microsoft, the computer company
2007-01-18 23:47:35 · answer #5 · answered by kittenlova 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watergate, that movie "****" , was really good. Colgate, i use that. (and tom's of maine) Stargate, .. euck. no thanks. starting gate, i don't care about that. Bill Gates, lucky sumbitch. Pearly gates, i'm not into that story. Gates McFadden, thats a sports guy, right? or The Gate (1987) ? awesome movie. Maybe we should add The Ninth Gate, not so awesome movie. eh. gators, - lake placid was excellent. delegates, yeah, i'm all about that. or Gatorade? i like the blue kind.
2016-05-24 06:26:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Owner of Microsoft
2007-01-22 14:11:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Founder of Microsoft and richest man in the world.
2007-01-19 01:18:40 · answer #8 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Founder of Microsoft and developers of Windows os
2007-01-19 01:30:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is a rich man and a founder of Microsoft cooperation
2007-01-18 22:53:47 · answer #10 · answered by Beatrix 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋