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Bill Gates is an American entrepreneur best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft. Gates was named as the world's richest man by Forbes in 2006, but was surpassed by Warren Buffet in 2007. Gates has also been an philanthropist for many years, establishing the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest charitable foundation in the world.
While speaking at the technology and design conference TED, Gates released a swarm of mosquitoes on the audience while speaking about malaria eradication and said "Not only poor people should experience this." Audience members reported the incident through the micro-blogging platform Twitter. TED later confirmed that the mosquitoes were not malarial.SMH.com.au: Bill Gates releases swarm of mosquitoes on audience
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Fast Facts:
- Full Name: William Henry Gates III
- Born: October 28, 1955
- Birthplace: Seattle, WA
- Spouse: Melinda Gates
- Children: Jennifer Katharine Gates (b. 1996), Rory John Gates (b. 1999) and Phoebe Adele Gates (b. 2002)
- Net Worth: $56 Billion (2007)
- Director of Berkshire Hathaway
- Gave University of Cambridge $210 million through his foundation
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History
Gates grew up in Seattle, Washington and took an early interest in computers exploring the GE computer donated to his middle school. He later commented on that period in his life and interest in computers with, "There was just something neat about the machine." After scoring a 1590 out of 1600 on his SAT's Gates enrolled in Harvard University in 1973, but took a leave two years later to develop the Microsoft empire. At Harvard, Gates met fellow business partner, Steve Ballmer. Soon after leaving Harvard, Microsoft struck a deal with IBM, which placed Gates' company as a major player in the software industry. -
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Bill Gates Questions
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What is Bill Gates current net worth? 2 AnswersAccording to Forbes.com Bill Gates is worth approx $40 Billion, down $18 Billion This was as of 3/2009 read more -
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Is Josh Gates, the host of Destination Truth, related to Bill Gates? 1 AnswerAccording to The Internet Movie Database there is nothing stating that he is related to Bill Gates. I che3cked a couple other websites as well including TV.com,... read more
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Where is the video of Bill Gates releasing mosquitos on the TED confrence audience? 1 AnswerWhile there have been photos from the talk posted, I don't believe there is any video available yet. There should be soon, though -- from BBC News: "TED curator... read more
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Bill Gates Professional Profile
- Current Projects:
- Chairman, Microsoft
- Founder/Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Past Projects:
- Student, Harvard University
- BBC Profile: Bill Gates
- Microsoft: Books by Bill Gates
- Current Projects:
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Bill Gates Interviews
- Charlie Rose: Bill Gates Interviews
- Engadget: Bill Gates, the Exit Interview (January 7, 2008)
- BBC: Microsoft aims to trounce Google (October 27, 2005)
- ABC News: Peter Jennings Interviews Bill Gates (February 15, 2005)
- PBS: Bill Gates Interview with Bill Moyer (May 9, 2003)
- About.com: Bill Gates Playboy Interview (1994)
- University of Waterloo Computer Science Club: Bill Gates Talk on Microsoft (1989)
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On Twitter powered by Twitter
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Bill Gates が初めて使う Twitter クライアントが何か注目してるのは私だけなんだろうな(；´∀｀)
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RT @osnerds: #OsNerds de hoje, serão os Bill Gates de amanhã. (procure já seu nerd) (By: @MougeBouge)
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RT @osnerds: #OsNerds de hoje, serão os Bill Gates de amanhã. (procure já seu nerd) (By: @MougeBouge)
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RT @NupeyVuitton7: #richniggashit went to bill gates krib and said this shit is wack...{I got stopped by security...so I went home...}
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@JimDollar " Bill Gates + Oprah still have all the money" But Jim, r they Happy? Who gives them money=unhappy people who don't know secret
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