Who is Bill Gates?
A: William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software
developer, investor, author, and philanthropist.
During his career at Microsoft, Gates held what
positions?
A: Chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president and chief software
architect.
He was also the largest individual shareholder until
when?
A: May 2014.
He was a major entrepreneur of what revolution of the
1970s and 1980s?
A: The microcomputer.
Where was Gates was born and raised?
A: In Seattle, Washington.
Early in his life, Gates observed that his parents
wanted him to pursue what?
A: A law career.
Gates was small for his age and was what as a child?
A: Bullied
At 13, he enrolled in the private Lakeside prep school,
where he wrote what?
A: His first software program.
In 1975, he and Allen founded what?
A: Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
It became the world's largest what?
A: Personal computer software company.
Gates led the company as chairman and CEO until
stepping down as CEO in January 2000, succeeded by whom?
A: Steve Ballmer, but he remained chairman of the board of directors and
became chief software architect.
During the late 1990s, he was criticized for what?
A: His business tactics, which have been considered anti-competitive.
This opinion has been upheld by what?
A: Numerous court rulings.
In June 2008, Gates transitioned to a part-time role at
Microsoft and full-time work where?
A: At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the private charitable foundation
he and his then-wife, Melinda Gates, established in 2000.
He stepped down as chairman of the board of Microsoft
in February 2014 and assumed what new post?
A: Technology adviser to support the newly appointed CEO Satya Nadella.
In March 2020, Gates left his board positions at
Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway to focus on what?
A: His philanthropic efforts on climate change, global
health and
development, and education.
Since 1987, Gates has been included in the Forbes list
of what?
A: The world's wealthiest people.
From 1995 to 2017, he held the Forbes title of what?
A: The richest person in the world every year except from
2010 to 2013.
In September 2022, Gates had an estimated net worth of
how much?
A: US$114 billion, making him the fifth-richest person in the world.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is reported to be
the world's largest what?
A: Private charity.
Through the foundation, he led an early 21st century
vaccination campaign that significantly contributed to what?
A: The eradication of the wild poliovirus in Africa.
In 2010, Gates and Warren Buffett founded what?
A: The Giving Pledge, whereby they and other billionaires pledge to give at
least half of their wealth to philanthropy.