Bill Gates biography
Title: Bill Gates biography
Category: /Science & Technology/Computers and Cybernetics
Details: Words: 646 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Bill Gates biography
Category: /Science & Technology/Computers and Cybernetics
Details: Words: 646 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
William H. Gates
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Microsoft Corporation
William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman and chief executive officer of
Microsoft Corporation, the leading provider, worldwide, of software
for the personal computer. Microsoft had revenues of $8.6 billion for
the fiscal year ending June 1996, and employs more than 20,000
people in 48 countries.
Born on October 28, 1955, Gates and his two sisters grew up in
Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their
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provide worldwide
two-way broadband telecommunications service.
In the decade since Microsoft has gone public, Gates has donated more than $270 million to
charities, including $200 million to the William H. Gates Foundation. The focus of Gates' giving
is in three areas: education, population issues and access to technology.
Gates was married on Jan. 1, 1994 to Melinda French Gates. They have one child, Jennifer
Katharine Gates, born in 1996.
Gates is an avid reader and enjoys playing golf and bridge.