Net worth $59B (Forbes 2007).
[1] In a November 2005 PBS interview by David Frost, when asked if he believed in God, Gates replied: "In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not, but I think religious principles are quite valid."Father: William H. Gates, Sr. (attorney)
Mother: Mary Maxwell Gates (d. 1994)
Sister: Kristanne (b. 1953)
Sister: Libby (b. 1964)
Wife: Melinda Gates (m. 1-Jan-1994)
Daughter: Jennifer Katherine (b. 26-Apr-1996)
Son: Rory John Gates (b. 23-May-1999)
Daughter: Phoebe Adele Gates (b. 2002)
High School: Lakeside School, Seattle, WA
University: Harvard University (dropped out)
Microsoft Founder & CEO (1975-2000)
Member of the Board of Berkshire Hathaway (2004-)
Member of the Board of Microsoft Chairman (1975-)
Corbis Founder (1989)
National Infrastructure Advisory Council
Academy of Achievement Patron
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Success PAC
Americans for a Republican Majority
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Co-Founder
Bluegrass Committee
Bush-Cheney '04
Committee for the Preservation of Capitalism
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Dreier for Congress Committee
Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Friends for Harry Reid
Friends of George Allen
Friends of Roy Blunt
Friends of Senator D'Amato 1998 Committee
FWD.us
Green Mountain PAC
John Kerry for President
Keep Our Mission PAC
Kerry Victory 2004
McCain for Senate '98
National Academy of Engineering
National Leadership PAC
New Leadership for America PAC
Obama for America
Obama Victory Fund 2012
Rely on Your Beliefs Fund
Republican Majority Fund
Searchlight Leadership Fund
Spirit of America
Straight Talk America
Volunteer PAC
World Technology Network
Congressional Pages 1972
National Medal of Technology and Innovation 1992
Knight of the British Empire 2-Mar-2005 (honorary)
Time Person of the Year 2005, with Bono and Melinda Gates
Endorsement of Coca-Cola (1995)
Endorsement of Radio Shack (1985)
Driving without a License Phoenix, AZ (29-Apr-1975)
Wedding: Bill Gates and Melinda French (1994)
Pied Brussels, Belgium 4-Feb-1998
Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001)
Funeral: Steve Jobs (2011)
Funeral: Nelson Mandela (2013)
The Digerati
Risk Factors: LSD
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (12-Jun-1996) · Himself
Official Website:
http://www.thegatesnotes.com/
Rotten Library Page:
Bill Gates
Appears on the cover of:
Newsweek, 24-Nov-2003, DETAILS: Bill's Next Big Thing -- Gates on the Future of Computers
AKA William Henry Gates III