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Bill Gates
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William Henry Gates III

Bill Gates
Born October 28, 1955 (age 52)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Residence United States
Alma mater Harvard University (Did not graduate)[1]
Occupation Chairman of Microsoft
Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Net worth ▲US$58 billion (2008)[2]
Spouse(s) Melinda Gates (1994–present)
Children Three
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Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955)[3] is an American business magnate, philanthropist, the world's third richest person (as of 2008),[2] and chairman[4] of Microsoft, the software company he 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 more than 9 percent of the common stock.[5] He has also authored or co-authored several books.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is admired by many, a large number of industry insiders criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts.[6][7] In the later stages of his career, 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.
Bill Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January, 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect. In June, 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work at Microsoft and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He gradually transferred his duties to Ray Ozzie, chief software...