Name | William (Bill) H. Gates |
Date of birth | October 28, 1955 |
Place of birth | Seattle, Washington |
Education | School: Graduated from Lakeside School in 1973College: Harvard University where he developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer – the MITS Altair |
Family | 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 informationInvested with cellular telephone pioneer Craig McCaw in Teledesic, |
Contributions by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $381 million to special projects and annual giving campaigns. |
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