# Bill Gates, world's richest man
He is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation along with Paul Allen.
Full Name: Bill Gates [William Henry Gates]
Star Sign: Scorpio
Parent(s): William H. Gates Sr.
Mary Maxwell Gates
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Nationality: American
Born: October 28, 1955 (62 years old)
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, USA
Residence: Medina, Washington, US
Married Life: 1994-01-01 Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29)
Children: 3
Years active: 1975–present
Net worth: US$89.9 billion (October 2017)
Profession: Microsoft Founder
Co-Founder and Technology Advisor of Microsoft
Co-Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
CEO of Cascade Investment
Chairman of Branded Entertainment Network
Chairman of TerraPower
Board member of: Microsoft
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Website: gatesnotes.com
Historical Events in the Life of Bill Gates:
1975-04-04 Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800
1994-11-11 Bill Gates buys Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex" for $30,800,000
1995-07-17 Forbes Magazine announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world with a net worth of $12.9 billion dollars
1998-02-04 Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels, Belgium
1998-03-03 Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee about Microsoft's dominant position in the software industry
2000-01-13 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and promotes company president Steve Ballmer to the position
2008-06-27 Bill Gates steps down as Chairman of Microsoft Corporation to work full time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2013-05-16 Bill Gates regains his position as the world's richest man with $72.7 billion after losing the position in 2008
2016-03-01 Forbes Richest List released, Bill Gates No. 1 with $75 billion, number of world's billionaires shrinks to 1,810
2017-07-27 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos briefly becomes world's richest man at $91.4bn overtaking Bill Gates for half a day.
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