| Name | William (Bill) H. Gates |
| Date of birth | October 28, 1955 |
| Place of birth | Seattle, Washington |
| Education | School: Graduated from Lakeside School in 1973
College: Harvard University where he developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer – the MITS Altair |
| Family | Dad : William Henry Gates (attorney) Late Mom : Mary (School teacher & chairwoman of United Way International.) Wife : Melinda Gates (Ex-employee of Microsoft) Daughter : Jennifer Son : Rory |
| Married on | Jan. 1, 1994 |
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| Hobby | Buying cars, playing tennis and golf |
| Possession | A 37,000 square foot house in suburban Seattle, Two Porsches, a classic Mustang and a Lewcus |
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| Other interests | Biotechnology. Gates sits on the board of ICOS, a company that specializes in protein-based and small-molecule therapeutics
Founded Corbis, which is developing one of the world’s largest resources of visual information Invested with cellular telephone pioneer Craig McCaw in Teledesic, |
| Contributions by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $2.5 billion to organizations working in global health; $1.4 billion to improve learning opportunities, including the Gates Library Initiative to bring computers, Internet Access and training to public libraries in low-income communities in the United States and Canada;
$260 million to community projects in the Pacific Northwest; $381 million to special projects and annual giving campaigns. |
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