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Bill Gates, whose full name is William Henry Gates III, is simply Bill or Gates. Born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, USA, he is an entrepreneur, software engineer, philanthropist, and founder of Microsoft Corporation. He used to be the chairman, CEO and chief software designer of Microsoft.

Bill Gates began computer programming at the age of 13, entered Harvard University at the age of 18, dropped out of Harvard a year later, and founded Microsoft Corporation in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen, Bill Gates served as the chairman, CEO and chief software designer of Microsoft.

Bill Gates was the richest man in the world by Forbes for 13 consecutive years from 1995 to 2007 and the richest man in the United States by Forbes for 20 consecutive years.

In 2000, Bill Gates established the Bill and Melinda Gates** Association, in 2008 Bill Gates announced that he would donate $58 billion of personal wealth to the charity ** Association, and in 2014, Bill Gates resigned as chairman and repelled Carlos Slim to return to the world's richest man.

On September 29, 2015 local time in the United States, Forbes released a list of the top 400 richest people in the United States, showing that Gates, the founder of Microsoft, topped the list for the 22nd consecutive year with a net worth of $76 billion.

On March 1, 2016, Forbes released the latest edition of the world's richest list, although Bill Gates's personal wealth is $4.2 billion less than in 2015, he still topped the list for three consecutive years with a personal wealth of $75 billion. [11] In October 2016, Forbes released the "America's 400 Richest List", and Bill Gates topped the list for the 23rd consecutive year with assets of $81 billion.

On March 6, 2018, the Forbes 2018 rich list was released, and Bill Gates ranked second with $90 billion.

Bill Gates, whose full name is William Henry Gates (October 28, 1955), is the chairman of Microsoft Corporation. and Chief Software Designer, and holds more than 8% of the company's common stock, and is also the company's largest individual shareholder. Bill Gates has been the world's richest man for 13 consecutive years.

On June 27, 2008, he officially withdrew from Microsoft and donated all his $58 billion personal wealth to Bill and Melinda Gates. In September 2011, the Forbes list of America's richest people was released, and Gates topped the list with $59 billion.

Birthplace: October 28, 1955, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Founder of Microsoft Corporation, the richest man in the world.