Bill Gates and Paul Allen laid the foundation of Microsoft Corporation in 1975. Paul Allen lost the battle of life to cancer in 2018. Current Microsoft CEO is Satya Nadella. But much before him, the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates presided over the company as chairman, CEO, chief software architect, and president. The ex-CEO Bill Gates was also one of the largest shareholders of the company until 2014. Forbes recognizes him among the wealthiest people of the globe since 1987. He also became the richest man in the world between 1995 and 2017; however, the only exception was the period from 2010 to 2013. After 2017, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos became the richest person in the world, dethroning him from this position.

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Bill stepped down from the post of CEO in 2000. He severed himself from the daily operations of the company in 2008. Later, Bill Gates started spending more time and energy on other businesses and philanthropic works. He dedicated most of his time to the charity ‘Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,’ which he co-founded with wife Melinda Gates in 2000. From climate change to education to global health and development, he supports many causes for the safety and growth of humanity. Other than this, his other business interests include TerraPower, Cascade Investment, BEN, and bgC3.

Bill Gates Net Worth & Salary

Bill Gates’ net worth is about $144 billion. When he left the multinational technology company’s board in 2020, Bill held nearly 1% of shares. As per some sources, his shares are estimated to be worth $26.1 billion and compose nearly 19.6% of his riches. His real estate investment is valued at more than $166 million in total. Of the multi-million dollar portfolio, his Lakeside Medina home (the size of 66,000-square-foot) is quite popular. The property belongs to him and his ex wife Melinda. As per estimates, the value of Bill’s stake in the property stands at $65 million.

There is a belief that Gates makes $2.2 million in a little more than one and a half hour, which an average American person with Bachelor’s degree makes in their lifetime.

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Career & Education – Company, University, & College    

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has always been quite active in his life. He started a charity William H. Gates Foundation with his wife Melinda to support global health programs and others. The foundation later became popular as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 1999. When he was only 17, he and his friend Allen started a venture called Traf-O-Data. They would study traffic counters and prepare reports based on the raw data for traffic engineers. They also created school’s payroll system. At the age of 13, Bill came up with the first software program. His growing interest in programming helped him create tic-tac-toe game for computer users. 

The list of Bill’s investments and business ventures is too long with the likes of Cascade Investment LLC, AutoNation, Carbon Engineering, bgC3 LLC, Impossible Foods, TerraPower, Ginkgo Bioworks, etc. He authored three books – The Road Ahead, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, and Business @ the Speed of Thought.

Bill Gates attended Lakeside prep school at age 13 and graduated from here in 1973. It is the same place where he also created his maiden software program. After passing Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) with flying colors, he went to Harvard College in 1973. He enrolled in pre-law major. However, he selected maths and computer science courses. At Harvard, he happened to meet Steve Ballmer, who later succeeded him as Microsoft CEO after his resignation from the post. Anyway, Gates dropped out from the university after two years, but Ballmer pursued his education.

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Contact Bill Gates – Email Address, Twitter, LinkedIn

Bill Gates is active on Twitter @billgates. His LinkedIn page is https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates. Bill Gates email contact will be updated soon.

Wiki Trivia on Bill Gates – Age, Wife, Family, & More

Bill Gates’ date of birth is October 28, 1955. The 66 year old tech genius was born in Seattle, Washington. Some reports suggest that he comes from Irish, German, and English lineage. His parents are Mary Maxwell Gates and William H. Gates Sr. While his father was an illustrious lawyer, his mother was a board of director at the United Way of America (a non-profit organization) and First Interstate BancSystem (a holding company specializing in banking products and services). They wanted Bill to become a lawyer. 

Gates has two sisters, elder named Kristi (Kristianne) and younger one Libby. Gates and his ex wife Melinda have three children. When he was only 7, his family home in Seattle’s Sand Point area where they lived was ravaged by a tornado. 

Apart from computer, Gates’ love for books is not a secret. In fact, he enjoyed reading books so much so that his parents had to ban him from carrying one at dinner time. Today, whenever he gets free time, Bill likes to meet bright minds, read books, and talk about technology, environment, and human life at length.

One of the turning points in his life came with the school’s mothers club that raised funds to buy teletype, which helped connect phone lines with computer. The machine helped him and his school mates like Paul Allen to explore and devote more time to learning computers, coding, and hacking. Eventually, their enthusiasm and common interests led them to start one of the largest tech companies of the world, Microsoft.

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