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| ]]'''William Henry Gates, III''' (born ], ]) is the founder (together with ]) and Chairman of ]. |
]]'''William Henry Gates, III''' (born ], ]) is the founder (together with ]) and Chairman of ]. At times he has been appraised to be the richest man in the world. | ||
| Born in ], Gates was once a programmer who co-wrote the original ] interpreter, Gates built Microsoft into one of the world's fastest growing and most successful software companies. There is some controversy about Gates' role in the building of the company. Early accounts show that Microsoft, under Gates' control, negotiated contracts with ] poorly and accepted a licensing model rather than an outright sale only as IBM refused to buy the operating system Gates held rights to. It seems that luck played an important role in the early years of Bill Gates' control of Microsoft. | Born in ], Gates was once a programmer who co-wrote the original ] interpreter, Gates built Microsoft into one of the world's fastest growing and most successful software companies. There is some controversy about Gates' role in the building of the company. Early accounts show that Microsoft, under Gates' control, negotiated contracts with ] poorly and accepted a licensing model rather than an outright sale only as IBM refused to buy the operating system Gates held rights to. It seems that luck played an important role in the early years of Bill Gates' control of Microsoft. | ||
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William Henry Gates, III (born October 28, 1955) is the founder (together with Paul Allen) and Chairman of Microsoft Corporation. At times he has been appraised to be the richest man in the world.
Born in Seattle, Gates was once a programmer who co-wrote the original Altair BASIC interpreter, Gates built Microsoft into one of the world's fastest growing and most successful software companies. There is some controversy about Gates' role in the building of the company. Early accounts show that Microsoft, under Gates' control, negotiated contracts with IBM poorly and accepted a licensing model rather than an outright sale only as IBM refused to buy the operating system Gates held rights to. It seems that luck played an important role in the early years of Bill Gates' control of Microsoft.
In 2000 Gates promoted long-time friend and Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer to the role of Chief Executive Officer and took on the role of "Chief Software Architect".
Bill Gates married Melinda French on January 1, 1994 and has three children, Jennifer Katharine Gates (1996), Rory John Gates (1999) and ....
Altair BASIC later became Microsoft BASIC, and ended up on IBM PCs.
Bill Gates also has founded along with his wife Melinda the Gates Foundation, a charitable organization.
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