Bill Gates (Bill Gates, also known as: William Henry "Bill" Gates iii), was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington, USA, is a famous American entrepreneur, software engineer, a philanthropist and Microsoft's chairman.
In 1975, gates create Microsoft company with childhood friend Paul Allen, make its become the world's biggest computer software provider, 31, to become the world's richest man, has for many years on the Forbes ranking at the top of the world. Farewell to Microsoft on June 27, 2008, and then to charity. In February 2014, the hurun global rich list topped the list with rmb410bn. The us local time on September 29, 2015, Forbes to be released the United States's top 400 list, according to Microsoft founder Bill Gates with a net worth of $76 billion, 22 years in a row at the top. In November of the same year, the 2015 Forbes list of the world's 10 most influential people was ranked 6th. On February 25, 2016, the 2016 hurun global rich list was released, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates topped the world's richest man with 520 billion yuan. In October, Forbes published "the 400 richest americans," with $81 billion in assets and the no. 1 spot in the 23rd year. In November 2016, President Obama awarded the presidential medal of freedom. On March 7, 2017, the 2017 hurun rich list of the world's richest people ranked as the world's richest man with a fortune of $560bn