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William H Gates III

, 47 , self made

Source: Microsoft
Net Worth: $40.7 bil
Home State: Washington
Marital Status: married , 2 children
Harvard University, Drop Out

Microsoft founder no doubt sleeping easier after settling pesky federal antitrust suit. This year the world's richest man will even get a little extra pocket change about $100 million from company's first shareholder dividend. Microsoft no longer the torrid growth machine it once was, but is weathering tech storm better than most. Having kicked himself upstairs to more cerebral job of chief software architect, Gates is busy working with developers to push Microsoft beyond the desktop into devices like tablet PCs, cell phones, TVs. Maintaining secrecy on next version of Windows (dubbed Longhorn, set for release in 2005), claims it's not just an upgrade. Meanwhile tackling global health and education with $24 billion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Funds flowing to disease prevention (polio, AIDS), vaccine development; lately buying drug stocks. Diversifies own wealth via Cascade Investments: Corbis, stakes in Republic Services, Canadian National Railway, Gabelli Asset Management.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates

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Sat. November 21, 2009

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Microsoft founder, Bill Gates raise through out its financial Company, Cascade Investment its stock participation in Grupo Televisa. ...
Bill Gates addressed the audience via a video message, pledging continued support for family planning programmes as they led to a reduction in maternal and ...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants to take a page out of the Bill Gates' playbook when it comes to giving away money. In a story in the The New York Times, ...
Also last year, Gates Foundation Co-chair and trustee Bill Gates donated $57.24 million to the trust. That donation was used to cover the trust's investment ...

Bill Gates speaks during the National Conference of State Legislatures held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on July 21, 2009. ...
Microsoft held its yearly shareholders' meeting Thursday with CEO Steve Balmer along with chairman Bill Gates in attendance. While Gates did not take or ...
The Gates foundation, one of the biggest in the world, was formed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife. Its mission is to enhance health care and ...
He cited Bill Gates as an example. Others argue having a wealth of knowledge or success is not a prerequisite for what makes a good teacher. ...
High-profile judges included former President Jimmy Carter, Ashoka Chief Executive Bill Drayton, Bill Gates Sr., eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and Bridgespan ...
It hasn't been even two years since Bill Gates left his day-to-day duties at Microsoft to focus on philanthropy, and already he's shifted mostly out of the ...
AP file photo Improving the effectiveness of teachers is among the key goals of the Gates Foundation, which was started by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ...
For example, a search for Bill Gates, brings up a number of URLs, some of which are simple: www.Microsoft.com/BillGates; and others which are more ...
By Rob Wright, channelweb Bill Gates is not walking through that door, folks. It's Ray Ozzie's show now. And Microsoft's Chief Software Architect is tying ...
AP PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh public Schools board is expected to accept a $40 million grant from Microsoft founder Bill Gates' foundation to improve the ...
A distinguished panel of judges, including former President Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates Sr., Bill Drayton, Pierre Omidyar and Tom Tierney, selected the ...
It is a version of Bill Gates' nightmares from 15 years ago, as netscape was rising, visions that led directly to the case of US vs. Microsoft. ...
Bill Gates was great at grabbing onto a concept and never letting go. Two examples come to mind: a PC on every desk, and information at your fingertips. ...
Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) founder Bill Gates, who is co-chairman of the foundation, visited the campus to dedicate the center.
... Microsoft Alumni Foundation Integral Fellows Awards were selected by a distinguished panel of judges - former President Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates Sr., ...
English is one of the six finalists for the prize, which was judged by President Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates Sr. and others. Up to three finalists will be ...
... have tried to replicate its success by using pseudo-provocative headings such as "What Bill Gates and Paul McCartney have in common with criminals. ...
Bill Gates sells Seattle genetics Inc. during the 3-months ended 09/30/2009, according to the most recent filings of his investment company, Bill & Melinda ...
And in the ensuing years, we've seen Bill Gates & Co. respond by trotting out one awkward, slightly buggy PDA/smartphone operating system after another. ...
chairman Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda. Lessons learned in the three cities and in Hillsborough County, Fla., will be disseminated nationwide as the ...
Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft in 1975 along with Bill Gates, has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that originates in the ...
AP file photo Improving the effectiveness of teachers is among the key goals of the Gates Foundation, which was started by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ...
Fellow Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said he and his wife, Melinda, were keeping Allen in their thoughts. "Melinda and I have Paul and his family in our ...
Ozzie and company chairman Bill Gates talked about a wave of "Live" software that would extend Microsoft's products with new Internet-based services. ...
Kinda reminds me of when Microsoft dragged out Queen Latifah to pal around with Bill Gates at a Windows Media Center event and neither of them seemed to ...
The finalists were chosen by a panel of judges -- former President Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates Sr., Bill Drayton, Pierre Omidyar, and Tom Tierney. ...
Bill Gates has showered former nemesis Steve Jobs in praise for his role in rebuilding Apple in the nineties. In a program called "Keeping America Great" ...
Which is why I was delighted to be moved by the words of Microsoft's Bill Gates during a CNBC TV special in which he and Warren Buffett ...
Bill Gates can't say enough about his BFF, CEO of the Decade Steve Jobs. In a CNBC interview on Thursday, Gates offered his considered opinion that Jobs ...
By Deal Journal The Berkshire Hathaway chairman, speaking at Columbia University today alongside Bill Gates, told the assembled students that the US is the ...
The item that typically brings in the highest bids each year is a tour of Bill Gates' Lake Washington home for the winner and a small group of friends, ...
All they have to do is answer a simple question â€Â" "Why are you the next Bill Gates?" â€Â" in 100 words or less or in a one-minute video. The prize? ...
... countries and charitable groups such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, set up by Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and his wife. ...
Bill Gates of Microsoft and others applied for a patent in July 2009 on a system to suppress hurricanes, according to a patent application [pdf] ...
... stage at MacWorld and thank Microsoft and Bill Gates for investing $150 million in the floundering computer maker, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. ...
... stage at MacWorld and thank Microsoft and Bill Gates for investing $150 million in the floundering computer maker, which was on the verge of bankruptcy. ...


 


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