Birthdate: October 28, 1955
Birthname: William Henry Gates III
Nickname : Trey
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A
Nationality: American
Education: Attended Harvard University, 1973–1975.
Best Known As: Founder of the Microsoft Corporation
Height: 178 cm
Father Name : William H. Gates II
Mother Name : Mary Gates
Spouse Name : Melinda Gates (Microsoft manager)
Childrens : 3
1. ennifer Katharine Gates: Born in 1996.
2. Rory John Gates: Born in 1999.
3. Phoebe Adele Gates: Born in 2002.
Sister : Bill has two sisters, Kirsti and Libby. Kirsti is one year older than Bill and Libby is nine years younger.
Career:
Lakeside Programming Group, 1968–1969, founder;
Traf-O-Data, 1970–1973, founder;
Microsoft Corporation, 1975–, founder
chairman; 1975–2000, CEO;
1992–1998, president.
Famous for : Being the richest man in the world, a cofounder of the software company Microsoft, and for being one of the world's
most generous philanthropists.
Occupations and Interest :
Bill: Chairman of Microsoft, a software developer, and philanthropist. Bill is an avid reader, enjoys playing golf and bridge, and
listening to Frank Sinatra music.
Awards:
U.S. National Medal of Technology, 1993;
Chief Executive of the Year, Chief Executive, 1994;
President's Medal of Leadership Award, New York Institute of Technology, 1995;
Louis Braille Gold Medal, Canadian National Institute for the Blind, 2002;
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 2004.
Publications:
The Road Ahead (with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson), 1995;
Business @ the Speed of Thought, 1999
Bill Gates Criticism :
With his great success in the computer software industry also came many criticisms. With his ambitious and aggressive business
philosophy, Gates or his Microsoft lawyers have been in and out of courtrooms fighting legal battles almost since Microsoft began.
Chronology :
In 2000 Gates resignes as CEO of Microsoft to spend more on software architecture and less with running the company