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( Bill Gates) 28 , 1955 - .
Gates was born and raised inSeattle, Washington. In 1975, he and Allen founded Microsoft inAlbuquerque, New Mexico. It became the world's largestpersonal computersoftware company.Gates led the company as chairman and CEO until stepping down as CEO in January 2000, succeeded bySteve Ballmer, but he remained chairman of the board of directors and became chief software architect.During the late 1990s, he wascriticized for his business tactics, which have been consideredanti-competitive. This opinion has been upheld by numerous court rulings.In June 2008, Gates transitioned to a part-time role at Microsoft and full-time work at theBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the private charitable foundation he and his then-wife,Melinda Gates, established in 2000.He stepped down as chairman of the board of Microsoft in February 2014 and assumed a new post as technology adviser to support the newly appointed CEOSatya Nadella.In March 2020, Gates left his board positions at Microsoft andBerkshire Hathawayto focus on his philanthropic efforts includingclimate change,global healthand development, and education.

Since 1987, Gates has been included in theForbeslist of the world's wealthiest people.From 1995 to 2017, he held theForbestitle of the richest person in the world every year except from 2010 to 2013.In October 2017, he was surpassed byAmazonfounder and CEOJeff Bezos, who had an estimated net worth of US$90.6billion compared to Gates's net worth of US$89.9billion at the time.As of October 2021, Gates had an estimated net worth of US$129billion, making him the fourth-richest person in the world.

Later in his career and since leaving day-to-day operations at Microsoft in 2008, Gates has pursued many business and philanthropic endeavors. He is the founder and chairman of several companies, includingBEN,Cascade Investment,bgC3, andTerraPower. He has given sizable amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reported to be the world's largestprivate charity.Through the foundation, he led an early 21st centuryvaccinationcampaign which significantly contributed to the eradication of the wildpoliovirusin Africa.In 2010, Gates andWarren BuffettfoundedThe Giving Pledge, whereby they and other billionaires pledge to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropy.


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