Bio Number |
0003. |
 |
| Name |
William
(Bill) Gates III |
| Net
Worth (7 March 2012) |
US$61.0
billion |
| Citizenship |
USA |
| Residence |
USA
(Medina, Washington) |
| Inherited
/ Self-made |
Self-made |
| Industry |
Software |
| Source |
Microsoft |
| Occupation |
Chairman
(Microsoft)
- stood
down as CEO in Jan 2000 |
| Trivia |
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation
... which is the largest transparently operated charitable
foundation in the world.
...
as of 2007 Bill and Melinda Gates were the second most generous
philanthropist in America, having given over $28 billion
to charity.
|
| Age
/ Date of Birth |
56yo
(born October 28, 1955) |
| Gender |
Male |
| Education |
Harvard
University, (dropped out in 1975, honorary degree in 2007) |
| Parents
/ Occupations |
William
H. Gates, Sr. (prominent lawyer)
Mary
Maxwell Gates (board director, and daughter of a national
bank president) |
| Marital
Status |
Married
1994-present to Melinda Ann French (age 30) |
| Children |
1.
Jennifer Katharine Gates (1996)
2.
Rory John Gates (1999)
3.
Phoebe Adele Gates (2002) |
Influential
Connections
(before becoming wealthy) |
1.
Warren Buffet |
| Net
Worth (2012) / Rankings |
$61.0
billion (USA #1; World #2) |
| Net
Worth (2011) / Rankings |
$56.0
billion (USA #1; World #2) |
| Net
Worth (2010) / Rankings |
$53.0
billion (USA #1; World #2) |
| Net
Worth (2009) / Rankings |
$40.0
billion (USA #1; World #1) ... 14th year @ World No.1 |
| Net
Worth (2008) / Rankings |
$62.0
billion (USA #1; World #3) |
| Net
Worth (2007) / Rankings |
$56.0
billion (USA #1; World #1 ... 13th year in a row) |
| Net
Worth (2006) / Rankings |
$50.0
billion (USA #1; World #1 ... 12th year in a row) |
| Net
Worth (2005) / Rankings |
$46.5
billion (USA #1; World #1 ... 11th year in a row) |
| Books |
The
Road Ahead (1995) by Bill Gates
Business
@ the Speed of Thought (1999) by Bill Gates |