Bill Gates

Bill Gates
Bill Gates in Poland in 2006
Born	William Henry Gates III October 28, 1955 (1955-10-28) Seattle, Washington, US
Residence	Medina, Washington, US
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Alma mater	Harvard University (dropped out 1975)
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Founder and chairman of Microsoft
Net worth	$56 billion
Religion	Agnostic
Spouse	Melinda French (m. 1996-present)
Children	2 daughters, 1 son
Parents	William H. Gates, Sr. Mary Maxwell Gates (deceased)
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Website
Official Bill Gates Website

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955), commonly known as Bill Gates, is the co-founder and chairman of Microsoft. He was the richest person in the world for many years. When Bill was 13 he went to Lakeside School. He was a freshman at Harvard in 1973. He left Harvard University to make software. Bill Gates saw an opportunity to transform the personal computer, which used to be a hard-to-use and expensive device. He saw that computers could be made less expensive and more easy to use.

He recently decided to quit his job at Microsoft, and is doing more charity work with his wife, Melinda French. Gates' philanthropy projects have included vaccination of children in sub-Saharan Africa, scholarship programs in the United States, and leadership to help organize other billionaires to redistribute their wealth. He likes to give money and support to human rights, education and technological innovation. Bill Gates stepped down from his CEO position in Microsoft in 1998 and Steve Ballmer did the job instead. On June 16, 2007, Microsoft said that Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, will come in on a day to day schedule to continue working with his charity organization full time for the years to come.