Born on the 28 th of October 1955, William Henry ‘Bill’ Gates III is among the wealthiest males in the globe and is recognized as probably the most influential folks of the last hundred years. Bill grew up in middle income family. He’s the previous chairperson and leader of the largest Software company in the globe, i. The business enterprise magnate whose name is definitely William Henry Gates III was created in 1955. Expenses Gates does now personal a yacht but he do book one in August 2014 for $5 million for weekly. which he founded with Paul Allen. By January
Known for movies
Das Milliardenversprechen (2012) as Himself
Freakonomics (2010) as Himself
Give Us the Money (2012) as Himself
The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (1996) as Himself (co-founder, Microsoft)
Quick Facts
Full Name
Bill Gammell
Net Worth
$90 Billion
Salary
$1 Million
Date Of Birth
December 29, 1952, October 28, 1955
Height
1.77 m
Weight
140 lbs
Profession
Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Business magnate, Software Architect, Adviser, Inventor, Investor
Education
University of Stirling, Fettes College, Harvard College, Lakeside School
Nationality
British, American
Spouse
Janice Gammell, Melinda Gates
Children
Jennifer Katharine Gates, Rory John Gates, Phoebe Adele Gates
Presidential Medal of Freedom, Padma Bhushan, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Bambi - Millennium Award, Silver Buffalo Award, Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award, Bower Award for Business Leadership, Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, Satellite Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Entertainment New Media
Interesting Facts
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As of 9/28/2015 and given his current estimated net worth of $79,200,000,000, Bill has made an average of ~$41.80 every second of his life.
Bill and Melinda were married in Lanai (Hawaii) where the 100+ guests included Warren Buffett, Katherine Graham, Paul G. Allen and Craig McCaw. Singer-songwriter Willie Nelson entertained the guests at the wedding reception.
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He is now Chairman and Chief Software Architect.
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He has two sisters, one older and one younger.
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He and his wife, Melinda Gates, were both awarded the 2010 'J. William Fulbright' Prize for International Understanding.
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Forbes magazine estimated Microsoft chief's net worth at $53 billion, making him the world's richest American. Friend Warren Buffett came in second place with a net worth fortune estimated at $47 billion. [February 2010]
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Mentioned in the song "High School Never Ends by Bowling for Soup, as "captain of the chess team".
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His dad was friends with Wilbert Saunders, (1908-2006), who founded World Concern with Jim McCoy. At first, the company started as a small business called Medicinces for Missions, then was renamed World Concern in 1973. Gates attended Wilbert Saunders' funeral.
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As of March 2006, the 12th year in a row as #1 on Forbes' list of The World's Richest People, with a net worth exceeding $50 billion (US).
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Made an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II on March 2, 2005. Because he is not a British citizen, he may not use the title Sir, but is allowed to put KBE after his name.
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Has been the richest man in the world consistently every year since 1998 except for 2010 and 2011, when he was surpassed by Carlos Slim Helu. Bill was again ranked the richest man for 2012.
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Has a measured IQ of 160, signifying genius intelligence.
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Children: Jennifer Katharine (26 April 1996), son Rory John (23 May 1999), Phoebe Adele (14 September 2002)
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Derided by critics as "Chairman Bill" after Chinese Communist leader Zedong Mao, who was popularly known as "Chairman Mao." In a March 2002 poll of over 1,600 teenagers in Hong Kong and mainland China by researchers at the City University of Hong Kong, Gates outranked Mao as the person they idolized the most.
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Became a billionaire (US dollars) at age 31, making him the youngest self-made billionaire in history.
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His personal wealth exceeds the Gross National Product (GNP) of some Third World countries.
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Is an avid reader.
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Has endowed a foundation that has given several billion dollars to various charitable and educational projects.
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Dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to devote himself full-time to Microsoft.
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His company, Microsoft, went public on 28 October 1985, his 30th birthday.
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As of 2005, his personal fortune was in excess of $46 billion.
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Enjoys playing golf and bridge.
Quotes
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So we began our work in the same way anyone here would begin it. We asked: "How could the world let these children die?" The answer is simple, and harsh. The market did not reward saving the lives of these children, and governments did not subsidize it. So the children died because their mothers and their fathers had no power in the market and no voice in the system. But you and I have both. We can make market forces work better
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I am an optimist. But I am an impatient optimist. The world is getting better, but it's not getting better fast enough, and it's not getting better for everyone
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Humanity's greatest advances are not in its discoveries-but in how those discoveries are applied to reduce inequity. Whether through democracy, strong public education, quality health care, or broad economic opportunity-reducing inequity is the highest human achievement
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if we can stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or at least make a living, serving people who are suffering from the worst inequities. We also can press governments around the world to spend taxpayer money in ways that better reflect the values of the people who pay the taxes. If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for politicians, we will have found a sustainable way to reduce inequity in the world
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Members of the Harvard Family: Here in the Yard is one of the great collections of intellectual talent in the world. What for purpose? There is no question that the faculty, the alumni, the students, and the benefactors of Harvard have used their power to improve the lives of people here and around the world. But can we do more? Can Harvard dedicate its intellect to improving the lives of people who will never even hear its name? Let me make a request of the deans and the professors-the intellectual leaders here at Harvard: As you hire new faculty, award tenure, review curriculum, and determine degree requirements, please ask yourselves: Should our best minds be dedicated to solving our biggest problems? Should Harvard encourage its faculty to take on the world's worst inequities? Should Harvard students learn about the depth of global poverty... the prevalence of world hunger... the scarcity of clean water ...the girls kept out of school... the children who die from diseases we can cure? Should the world's most privileged people learn about the lives of the world's least privileged?
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Developing a systematic way to help teachers get better is the most powerful idea in education today. The surest way to weaken it is to twist it into a capricious exercise in public shaming. Let's focus on creating a personnel system that truly helps teachers improve.
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At Microsoft, we created a rigorous personnel system, but we would never have thought about using employee evaluations to embarrass people, much less publish them in a newspaper. A good personnel system encourages employees and managers to work together to set clear, achievable goals. Annual reviews are a diagnostic tool to help employees reflect on their performance, get honest feedback and create a plan for improvement. Many other businesses and public sector employers embrace this approach, and that's where the focus should be in education: school leaders and teachers working together to get better.
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I am a strong proponent of measuring teachers' effectiveness, and my foundation works with many schools to help make sure that such evaluations improve the overall quality of teaching. But publicly ranking teachers by name will not help them get better at their jobs or improve student learning. On the contrary, it will make it a lot harder to implement teacher evaluation systems that work.
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If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.
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It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.
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Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
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In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not, but I think religious principles are quite valid.
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Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision.
Himself / Himself - Co-Chair, Gates Foundation / Himself - Founder, Microsoft
Global Citizen Festival
2015
TV Movie
Himself
Charlie Rose
1998-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Le grand journal de Canal+
2014-2015
TV Series documentary
Himself
Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo
2015
TV Series
Himself - Co-Founder, Microsoft
Vlogbrothers
2014
TV Series documentary
Himself
Skavlan
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
60 Minutes
2004-2013
TV Series documentary
Himself - Microsoft Founder (segment "The Giving Pledge") / Himself - Philanthropist (segment "Bill Gates 2.0") / Himself - Philanthropist (segment "Giving Away a Fortune") / ...
Bambi Verleihung 2013
2013
TV Movie
Himself - Winner
Q&A
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
CodeStars
2013
Documentary short
Himself
The Colbert Report
2013
TV Series
Himself - Guest
The Richard Dimbleby Lecture
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself
Give Us the Money
2012
Documentary
Himself
Das Milliardenversprechen
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation
2011
Documentary
Himself - Video
Yang Lan Fang Tan Lu
2011
TV Series
Himself
Markus Lanz
2011
TV Series
Himself
Daybreak
2011
TV Series
Himself
TEDTalks
2009-2011
TV Series
Himself
The Daily Show
2007-2011
TV Series
Himself
Larry King Live
2010
TV Series
Himself
Freakonomics
2010
Documentary
Himself
The Virtual Revolution
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself - Co-Founder: Microsoft
Berlin Mitte
2010
TV Series
Himself - Interview
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Money Programme
2008
TV Series documentary
Himself
Der Zucker-Code: Geheimwaffe gegen Krebs und Malaria?
2008
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Flunked
2008
Documentary
Himself
Buffett and Gates Go Back to School
2006
TV Movie
Himself
Spam: The Documentary
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
American Morning
2006
TV Series
Himself
BBC News 24
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Notorious B.G.: A Forum with Bill Gates
2005
TV Movie
Himself - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2005
TV Series
Himself
Unsere Besten
2003
TV Series
Himself
Waratte iitomo!
2002
TV Series
Himself
The Oprah Winfrey Show
2000
TV Series
Himself
Wetten, dass..?
2000
TV Series
Himself
Sabine Christiansen
1999
TV Series
Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet
1998
TV Mini-Series
Himself (co-founder, Microsoft)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1998
TV Series
Himself
Biography
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Caiga quien caiga
1997
TV Series
Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1996
TV Series
Himself
The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself (co-founder, Microsoft)
Late Show with David Letterman
1995
TV Series
Himself
7 sur 7
1995
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Shin denshi rikkoku
1995
TV Series documentary
Himself
Microsoft Presents: The Start of Something New
1995
TV Movie
Himself
Good Morning America
1994
TV Series
Himself
Work in Progress
1993
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Chairman Microsoft Corporation
Today
1989-1993
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Joueur du Grenier
2016
TV Series
Himself
The Eighties
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Microsoft
60 Minutes
2001-2016
TV Series documentary
Himself - Microsoft Founder (segment "The Giving Pledge") / Himself - Founder, Microsoft (segment "TED Talks") / Himself (segment "The Co-Founder") / ...
SPHINX: Genesis
2015
Short
Himself
America's Book of Secrets
2014
TV Series documentary
Himself
Building the Machine
2014
Documentary short
Himself
Cavuto on Business
2013
TV Series
Himself - Chairman, Microsoft Corporation
DWDD University: De wereld van Klöpping
2013
TV Mini-Series
Himself
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Co-Founder: Microsoft
Late Show with David Letterman
2011
TV Series
Himself - Being Hit With Pie
Bloomberg Game Changers
2010-2011
TV Series documentary
Himself - Founder, Microsoft / Himself - Microsoft Founder
Memòries de la tele
2010
TV Series
Himself
Lamastalgia
2010
TV Series
Himself
Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement
2007
Video documentary
Himself
Der Geist des Geldes
2007
Documentary
Himself
The Colbert Report
2007
TV Series
Himself
World Business Satellite
2007
TV Series
Himself
Objetos perdidos
2007
TV Series
Himself
Canada A.M.
2006-2007
TV Series
Himself
Video on Trial
2006
TV Series
Himself
20 to 1
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
How William Shatner Changed the World
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Gintbergs store aften - hver aften
2005
TV Series
Himself
Fantástico 30 Anos - Grandes Reportagens
2004
Video documentary
Himself
Aunque usted no lo viera
2004
TV Series
Himself
Computer Chronicles
2002
TV Series
Himself - Windows XP launch
Leben nach Microsoft
2001
Documentary
Himself
Revolution OS
2001
Documentary
Himself
Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years
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