William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist.
Bill grew up in a middle classed family with two sisters.!
Bill Gates
(1955-)
Who Is Bill Gates?
Entrepreneur and businessman Bill Gates and his business partner Paul Allen founded and built the world's largest software business, Microsoft, through technological innovation, keen business strategy and aggressive business tactics.
In the process, Gates became one of the richest men in the world. In February 2014, Gates announced that he was stepping down as Microsoft's chairman to focus on charitable work at his foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Early Life
Gates was born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington.
Gates grew up in an upper-middle-class family with his older sister, Kristianne, and younger sister, Libby.
When Bill Gates' wife Melinda decided to go back to work after kids, she and Bill “negotiated the terms of their marriage” to accommodate this.Their father, William H. Gates Sr., was a promising, if somewhat shy, law student when he met his future wife, Mary Maxwell. She was an athletic, outgoing student at the University of Washington, actively involved in student affairs and leadership.
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