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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
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
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 Books
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Bill and Melinda Gates (Life Skills Biographies) - $29.95
Amazon.com: Bill and Melinda Gates (Life Skills Biographies) (9781602790681): Dana Meachen Rau: BooksAmazon
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Big Shots: Business the Bill Gates Way - $24.95
Amazon.com: Big Shots: Business the Bill Gates Way (9781841121482): Des Dearlove: BooksAmazon
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Bill Gates: los negocios en la era digital - $17.95
Amazon.com: Bill Gates: los negocios en la era digital (9780553061017): Bill Gates: BooksAmazon
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Bill Gates: Billionaire Computer Genius (People to Know) - $26.60
Amazon.com: Bill Gates: Billionaire Computer Genius (People to Know) (9780894908248): Joan D. Dickinson: BooksAmazon
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Triumph of the Nerds - $49.95
Amazon.com: Triumph of the Nerds: Bob Cringely, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, Paul Sen: Movies & TVAmazon
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Bill Gates Questions
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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 -
Is it possible to create a reversible logic gate? 1 AnswerYes, it has been done, such as the link below. Unfortunately, building them efficiently is difficult. That implementation by the Austrian scientists depended... read more -
what about the oblivion gates? 1 AnswerAll oblivioun gates i've seen can be beaten and you get certain stones to upgrade your weapons to become more powerful and the gate to shivering isles is in the... 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
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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@wired Bill Gates would be very happy, its look like a giant IE ad =)
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Bill gates regains His title as richest man in the world with 50 billion as his net worth.
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@DDubSmoreGirl Yea one day i wanna meet him and Bill Gates and talk computers
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Reddy sir Why Bill Gates - he never transformed any industry - he was just a right man at the right place at the right time. #TedXChennai
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Power of One : Examples are Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Bill Gates, JRD Tata . Worked relentlessly to make a difference - #TEDxChennai
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