William Henry "Bill" Gates III, KBE[6] (born October 28, 1955)[7] is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author and chairman[8] of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people[9] and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third.[10] During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8 percent of the common stock.[11] He has also authored or co-authored several books.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is admired by many, a number of industry insiders criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts (see Criticism of Microsoft).[12][13] In the later stages of his career, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
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Hey Pershanga...
ReplyDeleteSteve Jobs, CEO and Founder of Apple Inc is better, waaaayyy better than Bill Gates...hehehe!
Karina
hehehe
ReplyDeletestill he is the greatest man ihve evr heard
...caz steve would nt hv his apple company if the computer didnt develop