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Introduction About Bill Gates
Bill Gates, well known as one of the founders of Microsoft– the world’s largest personal computer software company is the 4th richest person in the world on Forbes List currently.
Apart from being an American entrepreneur and a business magnate, he’s also an author and a philanthropist. He is well known for being the creator of Microsoft and his other humanitarian works.
Net Worth & Salary of Bill Gates in 2022
Bill Gates holds a net worth estimated at over $128.6 Billion.
He holds 1% of the total outstanding Microsoft shares approximately which is estimated to be $22 Billion.
Early Life & Biography of Bill Gates
He started coding at age of 13 with Paul Allen while studying at Lakeside School, Seattle. Furthermore, he scored 1590 on SAT which led him to be admitted to Harvard University for a law degree in 1973.
He dropped out later to start his own company Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975 at Albuquerque, N.M.
Gates has formulated pancake sorting as a solution to one of the series of unsolved problems and it is recorded as the fastest solution for more than 30 years
Name: | William Henry Gates III |
Gender: | Male |
Age: | 66 |
Birth Date: | October 28,1955 |
Birth Place: | Seattle, Washington, U.S |
Nationality: | American |
Height: | 1.77m |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Divorced |
Wife/Spouse (Name): | Melinda Gates (m.1994-2021) |
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | Son- Rory John Gates Daughters- Jennifer Katharine Gates, Phoebe Adele Gates |
Dating/Girlfriend (Name): | N/A |
Profession: | Businessman, Software Developer, Philanthropist, Investor, Entrepreneur, Author |
Yearly Income: | N/A |
Net Worth in 2022 | $128.6B |
Content Last Updated: | February 2022 |
Personal Life of Bill Gates
The great Bill Gates had stepped into this earth as William Henry Gates III, in Seattle, Washington, the U.S on October 28, 1955. His father was William H. Gates Sr. and his mother was Mary Maxwell Gates.
His father practiced law- having been quite prominent in his profession, and his mother was a teacher and one of the board of directors for First Interstate Banc System and United Way of America.
He has two sisters named Kristine (older) and Libby (younger).
He married the beautiful and classy- Melinda Gates on January 1, 1994. The the couple had three children together, named- Rory John, Jennifer Katharine, and Phoebe Adele.
They divorced on May 3, 2021, and they still hold the positions of chairman of the charitable Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates had transferred around $5.7 billion worth of shares in public companies to Melinda in divorce.
Career of Bill Gates
Bill Gates is popularly known for his revolution in the field of computer science and technology. At an age of as early as 13, he had started off with learning to code. He started helping at CCC during his school years with Paul Allen and a few others like Kent Evans- his best friend, and Ric Wieland.
During his school years, he coded a program to help out the traffic problem in Seattle, and that program was called “Traffic-O-Data” and coded the game which is popularly known as “Tic-tac-toe” for the public.
He joined Paul Allen at Honeywell as computer programmers in 1974 and thought of making their computer and henceforth Gates dropped out of Harvard to start their own company Microsoft in 1975,
Gates and his wife founded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 to give back to society and make it a better place to live in.
In 2006, Gates along with his ex-wife and his close friend Warren Buffet performed The Giving Pledge where they with other billionaires pledged to donate half of their wealth to the charity and betterment of society.
In 2008, Bill Gates stepped down from his job at Microsoft for new business ventures and philanthropic works and stepped down officially as chairman in 2014.
He has founded several companies like BEN, Cascade Investment, bgC3, and Terra Power which aims at making peoples’ lives more comfortable and sustainable during his career.
He has authored books like How to Avoid a Climatic Disaster, Business @ the Speed of Thought, The Road Ahead, etc.
Awards & Achievements of Bill Gates
Bill Gates has contributed a lot to society in the form of donations and technology. With his vision and brilliant mind, he has managed to change the face of society. Віll Gаtеѕ had rесеіvеd hіѕ fіrѕt аwаrd in 1992, ‘Nаtіоnаl Меdаl of Іnnоvаtіоn and Тесhnоlоgу.’
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Gates has received honorary doctorates from Harvard University, Waseda University, Cambridge University, Tsinghua University, etc for his philanthropic works.
Major Investments and Assets of Bill Gates
Bill Gates owns a company called Cascade Investment which aids him to manage his investments over the years. He owns stocks like Four Seasons Hotel, Deere and Co, Coca-Cola FEMSA, etc, and still holds 1.34% shares in Microsoft.
His investments are made mainly in initiatives involving clean energy, education, healthcare, and alleviation of poverty.
He has a home in Seattle called Xanadu 2.0 which is 66000 square feet with approximately 500 feet facing towards Lake Washington. He has invested mainly in real estate and holds a lot of farmlands, horse ranches, mansions, and hotels in most of the states of the U.S.
Gates is an admirer of historical paintings and art. He has purchased the oil painting ‘Lost on the Grand Banks’ by Winslow Homer for about $36 million and the Codex Leicester, a 16th century manuscript that was recorded by Leonardo da Vinci which was purchased for $30.8 million at an auction in 1994.
Bill Gates holds a deep interest in traveling and holds the ownership of two Bombardier BD 700 Global Express jets. He is a fan of the Porsche Automobiles series and has a Porsche 930 Turbo and a rare Porsche 959. His recent collection of Porsche is Porsche Taycan.
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In this video, Bill Gates talks about his future visions of Microsoft, its origins, and his growth overall as an individual, businessman, and coder.
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