Biology Of Bill Gates

Bill Gates (born October 28, 1955) is the chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. He consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third. Born on October 28, 1955, Gates grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher. In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Gates was married on January 1, 1994, to Melinda French Gates. They have three children.
Gates is an avid reader, and enjoys playing golf, tennis and bridge. Gates loved to stay up all night working. One time, a new secretary came in on Monday morning to find him sprawled out on the floor. She thought he was unconscious, but he'd just been up all weekend and was taking a quick catnap. On June 27, 2008, Gates transitioned out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Bill Gates didn't lose his title as the world's richest man but he gave it away by ploughing billions into his charitable foundation. But had Gates not given away any money, he would be worth $88 billion. Gates and his wife Melinda have so far given $28 billion to their foundation, the largest in the United States. Gates's philanthropy had influenced the way other rich people in the United States approach their own philanthropy.