William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. He later held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect of the company.

Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith sits down with his friend and the company’s cofounder Bill Gates to discuss his memoir, Source Code: My Beginnings, Microsoft’s impact over the past 50 years, and reflect on the journey. Bill Gates and Paul Allen were driven by their vision of making computing accessible to everyone and were fueled by the incredible growth in technology along ...

Apr 28, 2022 · Bill Gates: It had been widely reported how Bill Gates had limited his children’s tech use or screen time. In 2007, reportedly, Bill Gates implemented a cap on screen time when his daughter started developing an unhealthy attachment to a video game.

Feb 11, 2014 · Below are this weirdest things we learned about Gates from Reddit: 1. He wants Samuel L. Jackson to play himself in a biographic film. To a suggestion that Samuel L. Jackson would make a better...

Oct 31, 2024 · In answering them in an interview with NBA basketball legend Steph Curry, the Microsoft man reveals important points and perspectives that you might well be able to adapt yourself for that next big...

Feb 15, 2017 · Gates attributes his success at Microsoft to an ability to see things differently from the pack. And it's true that in technology and finance alike, the herd mentality is rampant and...

Bill Gates shares the story of Microsoft's origins and a company timeline, from his unique perspective co-founding the personal computing giant with Paul Allen. Computing has come a long way since my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft. I’m proud of the role our company played in the PC revolution.

Mar 4, 2025 · In January 1975, Gates opened a copy of Popular Electronics magazine and read about the Altair 8800, the first microcomputer kit to be successfully sold commercially.

Feb 10, 2025 · Mark Cuban tapped Bill Gates for some perspective on a recent business decision that reshaped the Dallas Mavericks, the NBA team he used to own, and he used a Microsoft analogy to help make his...

Nov 7, 2019 · "I'm all for super-progressive tax systems," Microsoft founder Bill Gates told New York Times columnist and co-anchor of CNBC’s Squawk Box, Andrew Ross Sorkin, at a conference in New York on...