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.WebsiteSignatureWilliam Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of, (CEO), and, while also being the largest individual until May 2014. He is one of the best-known entrepreneurs and pioneers of the of the 1970s and 1980s.Born and raised in, Gates launched Microsoft with childhood friend in 1975 in; it went on to become the world's largest software company.

Gates led the company as chairman and CEO until stepping down as CEO in January 2000, but he remained chairman and became chief software architect. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning to a part-time role at Microsoft and full-time work at the, the private charitable foundation that he and his wife, established in 2000.

He gradually transferred his duties to. He stepped down as chairman of Microsoft in February 2014 and assumed a new post as technology adviser to support the newly appointed CEO.Through his tenure at Microsoft in the 1990s, Gates had been, which have been considered. This opinion has been upheld by numerous court rulings.Since 1987, he has been included in the. From 1995 to 2017, he held the title of the richest person in the world all but four of those years. Since October 2017, he was surpassed by founder and CEO, who had an estimated net worth of US$90.6 billion compared to Gates' net worth of US$89.9 billion at the time. As of November 9, 2019, Gates had an estimated net worth of US$107.1 billion, making him the second wealthiest person in the world, behind Bezos. On November 15, 2019, following a 48% increase in Microsoft shares, he surpassed Bezos to once again become the richest person in the world.Later in his career and since leaving day-to-day operations at Microsoft in 2008, Gates pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors.

He donated large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the, reported to be the world's largest. In 2009, Gates and founded, whereby they and other billionaires pledge to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropy. The foundation works to save lives and improve global health, and is working with to eliminate. Contents.Early lifeGates was born in, Washington, on October 28, 1955. He is the son of (b. 1925) and (1929–1994).

His ancestry includes English, German, and Irish/Scots-Irish. His father was a prominent lawyer, and his mother served on the board of directors for and the. Gates' maternal grandfather was J. Maxwell, a national bank president. Gates has an older sister Kristi (Kristianne) and a younger sister Libby.

He is the fourth of his name in his family but is known as William Gates III or 'Trey' (i.e., three) because his father had the 'II' suffix. The family lived in the area of Seattle in a home that was damaged by a rare tornado when Gates was seven years old. Early in his life, Gates observed that his parents wanted him to pursue a law career. When he was young, his family regularly attended a church of the, a Protestant Reformed denomination. Gates was small for his age and was bullied as a child.

He preferred to stay in his room where he would shout 'I'm thinking' when his mother asked what he was doing. The family encouraged competition; one visitor reported that 'it didn't matter whether it was or or swimming to the dock; there was always a reward for winning and there was always a penalty for losing'.At 13, he enrolled in the private, and he wrote his first software program.

When he was in the eighth grade, the Mothers' Club at the school used proceeds from Lakeside School's rummage sale to buy a ASR terminal and a block of computer time on a (GE) computer for the students. Gates took an interest in programming the GE system in, and he was excused from math classes to pursue his interest. He wrote his first computer program on this machine, an implementation of that allowed users to play games against the computer. Gates was fascinated by the machine and how it would always execute software code perfectly. After the Mothers Club donation was exhausted, he and other students sought time on systems including minicomputers.

One of these systems was a belonging to (CCC) which banned for the summer Gates, and Gates' best friend and first business collaborator Kent Evans after it caught them exploiting bugs in the operating system to obtain free computer time.The four students had formed the Lakeside Programmers Club to make money. At the end of the ban, they offered to find bugs in CCC's software in exchange for extra computer time.

Rather than use the system remotely via, Gates went to CCC's offices and studied for various programs that ran on the system, including,. The arrangement with CCC continued until 1970, when the company went out of business.

The following year, a Lakeside teacher enlisted Gates and Evans to automate the school's class-scheduling system, providing them computer time and royalties in return. The two friends wrote the school's student information system software to schedule students in classes, and Gates modified the code so that he was placed in classes with 'a disproportionate number of interesting girls.' The duo worked diligently in order to have the program ready for their senior year. Towards the end of their junior year, Evans was killed in a mountain climbing accident, which Gates has described as one of the saddest days of his life.

Gates then turned to Allen who helped him finish the system for Lakeside.At 17, Gates formed a venture with Allen called to make traffic counters based on the processor. In 1972, he served as a congressional page in the House of Representatives. He was a when he graduated from Lakeside School in 1973.

He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the (SAT) and enrolled at in the autumn of 1973. He chose a pre-law major but took mathematics and graduate level computer science courses. While at Harvard, he met fellow student. Gates left Harvard after two years while Ballmer stayed and graduated.

Ballmer succeeded Gates as Microsoft's CEO years later and maintained that position from 2000 until his resignation in 2014. Mugshots of 22-year-old Gates following his 1977 arrest for a traffic violation inGates devised an algorithm for as a solution to one of a series of unsolved problems presented in a class by professor. His solution held the record as the fastest version for over 30 years; its successor is faster by only 1%. His solution was formalized in a published paper in collaboration with Harvard computer scientist.Gates did not have a definite study plan while he was a student at Harvard, and he spent a lot of time using the school's computers.

He remained in contact with Paul Allen, and he joined him at during the summer of 1974. The was released the following year based on the, and Gates and Allen saw this as the opportunity to start their own computer software company. Gates dropped out of Harvard at this time. He had talked over this decision with his parents, who were supportive of him after seeing how much he wanted to start his own company. He explained his decision to leave Harvard: 'if things hadn't worked out, I could always go back to school. I was officially on leave.'

MITS Computer with 8-inch (200 mm) floppy disk system, of which the first programming language for the machine was Microsoft's founding product, theGates read the January 1975 issue of which demonstrated the, and he contacted (MITS) to inform them that he and others were working on a interpreter for the platform. In reality, Gates and Allen did not have an Altair and had not written code for it; they merely wanted to gauge MITS's interest. MITS president agreed to meet them for a demonstration, and over the course of a few weeks they developed an Altair that ran on a minicomputer, and then the BASIC interpreter. The demonstration was held at MITS's offices in; it was a success and resulted in a deal with MITS to distribute the interpreter as. MITS hired Allen, and Gates took a leave of absence from Harvard to work with him at MITS in November 1975.

Allen named their partnership 'Micro-Soft', a combination of 'microcomputer' and 'software', and their first office was in Albuquerque. The first employee Gates and Allen hired was their high school collaborator. They dropped the hyphen within a year and officially registered the trade name 'Microsoft' with the Secretary of the State of New Mexico on November 26, 1976.

Gates never returned to Harvard to complete his studies.' S Altair BASIC was popular with computer hobbyists, but Gates discovered that a pre-market copy had leaked out and was being widely copied and distributed. In February 1976, he wrote an in the MITS newsletter in which he asserted that more than 90% of the users of Microsoft Altair BASIC had not paid Microsoft for it and the Altair 'hobby market' was in danger of eliminating the incentive for any professional developers to produce, distribute, and maintain high-quality software. This letter was unpopular with many computer hobbyists, but Gates persisted in his belief that software developers should be able to demand payment.

Microsoft became independent of MITS in late 1976, and it continued to develop programming language software for various systems. The company moved from Albuquerque to on January 1, 1979.Gates said that he personally reviewed and often rewrote every line of code that the company produced in its first five years. As the company grew he transitioned to a manager role, then an executive. IBM partnership, the leading supplier of computer equipment to commercial enterprises at the time, approached Microsoft in July 1980 concerning software for its upcoming personal computer, the.

IBM first proposed that Microsoft write the BASIC interpreter. IBM's representatives also mentioned that they needed an operating system, and Gates referred them to (DRI), makers of the widely used operating system. IBM's discussions with Digital Research went poorly, however, and they did not reach a licensing agreement. IBM representative Jack Sams mentioned the licensing difficulties during a subsequent meeting with Gates and asked if Microsoft could provide an operating system.

A few weeks later, Gates and Allen proposed using, an operating system similar to CP/M, that of (SCP) had made for hardware similar to the PC. Microsoft made a deal with SCP to be the exclusive licensing agent of 86-DOS, and later the full owner. Microsoft employed Paterson to adapt the operating system for the PC and delivered it to IBM as for a one-time fee of $50,000.Rather than the contract itself, which earned Microsoft a relatively small fee, the prestige brought to Microsoft by IBM's adoption of their operating system was the origin of Microsoft's transformation from a small business to the World's leading software company. Gates had not offered to transfer the copyright on the operating system to IBM because he believed that other personal computer makers would clone IBM's PC hardware. They did, making the IBM-compatible PC, running DOS, a de facto standard.

The sales of (the version of DOS sold to customers other than IBM) made Microsoft a major player in the industry. The press quickly identified Microsoft as being very influential on the IBM PC. PC Magazine asked if Gates was 'the man behind the machine?' .Gates oversaw Microsoft's company restructuring on June 25, 1981, which re-incorporated the company in Washington state and made Gates the president and chairman of the board, with Paul Allen as vice president and vice chairman.

In early 1983, Allen left the company after receiving a diagnosis, effectively ending the formal business partnership between Gates and Allen, which had been strained months prior due to a contentious dispute over Microsoft equity. Later in the decade, Gates repaired his relationship with Allen and together the two donated millions to their childhood school Lakeside. They remained friends until Allen's death in October 2018. WindowsMicrosoft launched its first retail version of on November 20, 1985.

In August of the following year, the company struck a deal with to develop a separate operating system called. Although the two companies successfully developed the first version of the new system, the partnership deteriorated due to mounting creative differences. Management style.

Gates delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, January 2008Gates had primary responsibility for Microsoft's product strategy from the company's founding in 1975 until 2006. He gained a reputation for being distant from others; an industry executive complained in 1981 that 'Gates is notorious for not being reachable by phone and for not returning phone calls.'

An Atari executive recalled that he showed Gates a game and defeated him 35 of 37 times. When they met again a month later, Gates 'won or tied every game. He had studied the game until he solved it. That is a competitor'.Gates met regularly with Microsoft's senior managers and program managers, and the managers described him as being verbally combative. He also berated them for perceived holes in their business strategies or proposals that placed the company's long-term interests at risk. He interrupted presentations with such comments as 'that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard' and 'why don't you just give up your and join the?'

The target of his outburst would then have to defend the proposal in detail until Gates was fully convinced. When subordinates appeared to be procrastinating, he was known to remark sarcastically, 'I'll do it over the weekend.' During Microsoft's early history, Gates was an active software developer, particularly in the company's programming language products, but his primary role in most of the company's history was as a manager and executive. He has not officially been on a development team since working on the, but he wrote code that shipped with the company's products as late as 1989. Wrote in 1985 when Gates announced: 'Bill Gates likes the program, not because it's going to make him a lot of money (although I'm sure it will do that), but because it's a neat.' On June 15, 2006, Gates announced that he would transition out of his role at Microsoft to dedicate more time to philanthropy.

He divided his responsibilities between two successors when he placed in charge of management and in charge of long-term product strategy. Antitrust litigation.

Gates giving his deposition at Microsoft on August 27, 1998Gates approved of many decisions that led to litigation over Microsoft's business practices. In the 1998 case, Gates gave testimony that several journalists characterized as evasive. He argued with examiner over the contextual meaning of words such as 'compete', 'concerned', and 'we'. The judge and observers in the courtroom were seen laughing at various points during the deposition. BusinessWeek reported:Early rounds of his deposition show him offering obfuscatory answers and saying 'I don't recall' so many times that even the presiding judge had to chuckle. Worse, many of the technology chief's denials and pleas of ignorance were directly refuted by prosecutors with snippets of e-mail that Gates both sent and received.Gates later said that he had simply resisted attempts by Boies to mischaracterize his words and actions. 'Did I fence with Boies?

I plead guilty rudeness to Boies in the first degree.' Despite Gates' denials, the judge ruled that Microsoft had committed, and blocking competition, both in violation of the. Gates meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense, February 2017Since leaving day-to-day operations at Microsoft, Gates has continued his philanthropy and works on other projects.According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Gates was the world's highest-earning billionaire in 2013, as his net worth increased by US$15.8 billion to US$78.5 billion. As of January 2014, most of Gates' assets are held in Cascade Investment LLC, an entity through which he owns stakes in numerous businesses, including Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and Corbis Corp. On February 4, 2014, Gates stepped down as chairman of Microsoft to become Technology Advisor alongside new CEO.Gates provided his perspective on a range of issues in a substantial interview that was published in the March 27, 2014 issue of magazine. In the interview, Gates provided his perspective on climate change, his charitable activities, various tech companies and people involved in them, and the state of America.

In response to a question about his greatest fear when he looks 50 years into the future, Gates stated: '. There'll be some really bad things that'll happen in the next 50 or 100 years, but hopefully none of them on the scale of, say, a million people that you didn't expect to die from a pandemic, or nuclear or bioterrorism.'

Gates also identified innovation as the 'real driver of progress' and pronounced that 'America's way better today than it's ever been.' Gates has expressed concern about the potential harms of; in a 'ask me anything', he stated thatFirst the machines will do a lot of jobs for us and not be super intelligent. That should be positive if we manage it well. A few decades after that though the intelligence is strong enough to be a concern. I agree with and some others on this and don't understand why some people are not concerned.In a March 2015 interview, with 's CEO, Gates claimed he would 'highly recommend' 's recent work,.In March 2018, Gates met at his home in Seattle with, the reformist crown prince and de facto ruler of to discuss investment opportunities for.In an interview on stage in 2019, Gates admitted that losing the mobile OS space to Android was his biggest mistake.

He stated that it was within their skillset of being the dominant mobile operating system, but the company was distracted during that period because of the ongoing antitrust litigation. In 2019, Bill Gates became an Advisory Board Member of the. Philanthropy Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates with, former British Prime Minister, President of Nigeria and others during the Annual Meeting 2008 of theGates studied the work of and, and donated some of his Microsoft stock in 1994 to create the 'William H. Gates Foundation.' In 2000, Gates and his wife combined three family foundations and Gates donated stock valued at $5 billion to create the charitable, which was identified by the Funds for NGOs company in 2013, as the world's wealthiest charitable foundation, with assets reportedly valued at more than $34.6 billion. The Foundation allows benefactors to access information that shows how its money is being spent, unlike other major charitable organizations such as the.

Gates, through his foundation, also donated $20 million to for a new building to be named Gates Center for Computer Science which opened in 2009.Gates has credited the generosity and extensive philanthropy of as a major influence. Gates and his father met with Rockefeller several times, and their charity work is partly modeled on the 's philanthropic focus, whereby they are interested in tackling the global problems that are ignored by governments and other organizations. As of 2007, Bill and Melinda Gates were the second-most generous philanthropists in America, having given over $28 billion to charity; the couple plan to eventually donate 95% of their wealth to charity.The foundation is organized into four program areas: Global Development Division, Global Health Division, United States Division, and Global Policy & Advocacy Division.

The foundation supports the use of in agricultural development. Specifically, the foundation is supporting the in developing, a genetically modified rice variant used to combat.The goal of the foundation is to provide 120 million women and girls, in the poorest countries, with high-quality contraceptive information, services, and supplies with the longer-term goal of universal access to voluntary. Personal donationsMelinda Gates suggested that people should emulate the philanthropic efforts of the Salwen family, who sold their home and gave away half of its value, as detailed in their book,. Gates and his wife invited Joan Salwen to Seattle to speak about what the family had done, and on December 9, 2010, Bill and Melinda Gates and investor each signed a commitment they called the ', which is a commitment by all three to donate at least half of their wealth, over the course of time, to charity.Gates has also provided personal donations to educational institutions.

In 1999, Gates donated $20 million to the for the construction of a computer laboratory named the 'William H. Gates Building' that was designed by architect. While Microsoft had previously given financial support to the institution, this was the first personal donation received from Gates.The Maxwell Dworkin Laboratory of the is named after the mothers of both Gates and Microsoft President Steven A. Ballmer, both of whom were students (Ballmer was a member of the School's graduating class of 1977, while Gates left his studies for Microsoft), and donated funds for the laboratory's construction. Gates also donated $6 million to the construction of the Gates Computer Science Building, completed in January 1996, on the campus of. The building contains the Computer Science Department and the Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL) of Stanford's Engineering department.On August 15, 2014, Bill Gates posted a video of himself on Facebook in which he is seen performing the. Gates posted the video after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg challenged him to do so in order to raise awareness for.Since about 2005, Bill Gates and his foundation have taken an interest in solving global problems.

For example, they announced the 'Reinvent the Toilet Challenge', which has received considerable media interest. To raise awareness for the topic of sanitation and possible solutions, Gates drank water that was 'produced from human feces' in 2014 – in fact it was produced from a process called the. In early 2015, he also appeared with on and challenged him to see if he could taste the difference between this or bottled water.In November 2017, Gates said he would give $50 million to the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital that seeks treatment for. He also pledged an additional $50 million to start-up ventures working in Alzheimer's research.Bill and Melinda Gates have said that they intend to leave their three children $10 million each as their inheritance. With only $30 million kept in the family, they appear to be on a course to give away about 99.96% of their wealth. On August 25, 2018, Gates distributed $600,000 through his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation via UNICEF which is helping flood affected victims in, India.

This article's Criticism or Controversy section may compromise the article's of the subject. Please into the article as a whole, or rewrite the material. ( July 2019)In 2007, the criticized Gates' foundation for investing its assets in companies that have been accused of worsening poverty, polluting heavily, and pharmaceutical companies that do not sell to.In response to press criticism, the foundation announced a review of its investments to assess social responsibility. It subsequently canceled the review and stood by its policy of investing for maximum return, while using voting rights to influence company practices. The, which was established to provide academic scholarships for high-achieving students, was criticized by Republican for its exclusion of white students. The scholarship program is administered by the. In 2014, Bill Gates sparked a protest in Vancouver when he decided to donate $50 million to UNAIDS through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the purpose of mass in.

Charity sports eventsOn April 29, 2017, Bill Gates partnered with Swiss tennis legend in play in the, a noncompetitive tennis match at a sold-out in Seattle. The event was in support of 's charity efforts in Africa. Federer and Gates played against, the top-ranked American player for much of this decade, and, the lead guitarist for.

Gates and Federer won the match 6 to 4. Overall, they raised $2 million for children in Africa. The following year, Gates and Federer returned to play in the on March 5, 2018, at San Jose's.

Their opponents were, one of the top American players and a grand slam winner in doubles, and, a co-anchor for 's show. Gates and Federer recorded their second match victory together by a score of 6–3 and the event raised over $2.5 million. Gates and his wife, 2009Gates married on a golf course on the Hawaiian island of on January 1, 1994. They have three children. The family resides in, an in the side of a hill overlooking in. In 2009, on the mansion were reported to be US$1.063 million, on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million. The 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m 2) estate has a 60-foot (18 m) swimming pool with an underwater music system, as well as a 2,500-square-foot (230 m 2) gym and a 1,000-square-foot (93 m 2) dining room.In an interview with, Gates stated in regard to his faith: 'The moral systems of religion, I think, are super important.

We've raised our kids in a religious way; they've gone to the Catholic church that Melinda goes to and I participate in. I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world. And that's kind of a religious belief.

I mean, it's at least a moral belief.' In the same interview, Gates said: 'I agree with people like that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather and things like that, we sought false explanations for them. Now science has filled in some of the realm – not all – that religion used to fill. But the mystery and the beauty of the world is overwhelmingly amazing, and there's no scientific explanation of how it came about.

To say that it was generated by random numbers, that does seem, you know, sort of an uncharitable view laughs. I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don't know.' Gates purchased the, a collection of scientific writings by, for US$30.8 million at an auction in 1994. Gates is an avid reader, and the ceiling of his large home library is engraved with a quotation from. He also enjoys playing bridge, tennis, and golf.In 1999, his wealth briefly surpassed US$101 billion.

Despite his wealth and extensive business travel, Gates usually flew in until 1997, when he bought a private jet. Since 2000, the nominal value of his Microsoft holdings has declined due to a fall in Microsoft's stock price after the burst and the multibillion-dollar donations he has made to his charitable foundations. In a May 2006 interview, Gates commented that he wished that he were not the richest man in the world because he disliked the attention it brought. In March 2010, Gates was the second wealthiest person behind, but regained the top position in 2013, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires List.

Slim retook the position again in June 2014 (but then lost the top position back to Gates). Between 2009 and 2014, his wealth doubled from US$40 billion to more than US$82 billion. In October 2017, Gates was surpassed by founder as the richest person in the world. On November 15, 2019, he once again became the richest person in the world after a 48% increase in Microsoft shares, surpassing Bezos.Gates has held the top spot on the list of for 18 out of the past 23 years. Gates has several investments outside Microsoft, which in 2006 paid him a salary of US$616,667 and US$350,000 bonus totalling US$966,667. In 1989, he founded, a digital imaging company.

In 2004, he became a director of, the investment company headed by long-time friend. In 2016, he was discussing his gaming habits when he revealed that he was color-blind.In a interview, Gates claimed, 'I've paid more tax than any individual ever, and gladly so. I've paid over $6 billion in taxes.' He is a proponent of higher taxes, particularly for the rich. Gates' days are planned for him on a minute-by-minute basis, similar to the 's schedule.

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Is available. ( May 2019)Gates has a multi-billion dollar investment portfolio with stake in various sectors and has participated in several entrepreneurial ventures beyond Microsoft, including:., automotive retailer that Gates has a 16% stake in trading on the., a new think-tank company founded by Gates., a Canadian. As of 2019, Bill Gates is the largest single shareholder of CN stock. LLC, a private investment and holding company incorporated in the United States, founded and controlled by Bill Gates and headquartered in., a digital image licensing and rights services company founded by Gates., Seattle-based startup company aiming to blanket the Earth with live satellite video coverage. Gates is a large financial backer., a defunct manufacturer of. Gates was a major stake-holder early on in the project., global provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies and services to the food, energy, healthcare, industrial and hospitality markets.

Gates increased his stake of 10.8% in Ecolab to 25% in 2012., a social networking site for scientists. Gates participated in a $35 million round of financing along with other investors., a nuclear reactor design company founded by Gates.In media – BooksGates has written two books:., written with Microsoft executive and journalist, was published in November 1995. It summarized the implications of the personal computing revolution and described a future profoundly changed by the arrival of a global. was published in 1999, and discusses how business and technology are integrated, and shows how digital infrastructures and information networks can help getting an edge on the competition.Documentary films about Gates External video (raw video), 44:03,. (1990).

(1996). (1998). (2010). (2010). (2019)Feature films. 1999:, a film which chronicles the rise of and from the early 1970s to 1997. Gates is portrayed by.

2002:, a mocumentary featuring Gates as the subject of a modern assassination. Gates briefly appears at the start, played by Steve Sires. 2010:, a film which chronicles the development of Facebook. Gates is portrayed by Steve Sires. 2015: vs. Bill Gates: The Competition to Control the Personal Computer, 1974–1999: Original film from the for the series.Video and film clips. 1983: Steve Jobs hosts Bill Gates in the Macintosh dating game at the Macintosh pre-launch event (with and, references the television show, ).

2007:RadioGates was the guest on 's on January 31, 2016, in which he talks about his relationships with his and, meeting, the start of and some of his habits (for example reading 'from cover to cover every week'). His choice of things to take on a desert island were, for music: ' by; book: by; and luxury item: a DVD Collection of Lectures from. TelevisionGates made a guest appearance as himself on the winning TV show,. The episode on which he appeared was appropriately entitled, 'The Gates Excitation.' See also.References Footnotes.

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