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Bill Gates
Cochair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
$128.5B
Real Time Net Worth
as of 5/5/24
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About Bill Gates
- Bill Gates diversified his fortune from software firm Microsoft into dozens of holdings, including waste disposal firm Republic Services and tractor maker Deere & Co.
- Gates, a computer enthusiast from a young age, dropped out of Harvard to cofound Microsoft with Paul Allen (d. 2018) in 1975, hoping to capitalize on the spread of personal computers.
- As of March 2020, when Gates stepped down from the Microsoft board, he owned about 1.3% of the software and computing company's shares.
- In May 2021, Bill and Melinda Gates each announced on Twitter they were ending their marriage after 27 years. They still co-chair the charitable Gates Foundation.
- To date, Gates has donated more than $59 billion to the Gates Foundation, including a $20 billion gift announced in July 2022. Most of his early donations were gifts of Microsoft stock.
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
- Age
- 68
- Source of Wealth
- Microsoft, Self Made
- Residence
- Medina, Washington
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Divorced
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Drop Out, Harvard University
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In Their Own Words
Money has no utility to me beyond a certain point. Its utility is entirely in building an organization and getting the resources out to the poorest in the world.
Bill Gates
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