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Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect, while also being ...
Despite a current net worth of approximately $128 billion and an intention to work his way off the list of the world's richest people through his philanthropic work, Microsoft co-founder Bill...
Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, is one of the world's most prominent business magnates, philanthropists, and technology visionaries. His immense wealth and impact on the tech...
Meanwhile, Bill Gates in 1999 was worth nearly $150 billion in dollars adjusted to 2018. [4] The second-richest person in terms of wealth compared to contemporary GDP is a subject of dispute. While most sources attribute this status to Andrew Carnegie, others argue that it could be Bill Gates, Cornelius Vanderbilt I, John Jacob Astor IV, or ...
Photograph by Kjetil Ree (Wikimedia Commons). Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were born the same year. Both dropped out of college. Both started companies with good friends: Gates founded Microsoft with ...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) [a] is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington , it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the second largest charitable foundation in the world , [ 7 ] [ 8 ] holding $69 billion in assets as of 2020. [ 4 ]
Cascade Investment, L.L.C. Cascade Investment, L.L.C. is an American holding company and private investment firm headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, United States. [2] It is controlled by Bill Gates, and managed by Michael Larson. [3] More than half of Gates's fortune is held in assets outside his holding of Microsoft shares. [4]
A new 13F filing for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust reveals two key changes made in the first quarter. The trust sold 1.7 million Microsoft shares and 2.6 million shares of Berkshire ...