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

Gates had a vision for Microsoft and that was to make continual advancements that would eventually lead to more affordable computers that were comprehensible as well as efficient. Gates is a philanthropist who, along with his wife started their foundation The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that support global health and continuing advancements, around the world.

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 SATs 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.

In [[1995] Gates penned the bestseller, The Road Ahead In 1999, Gates who is the author of several books wrote another bestseller Business @ the Speed of Thought and it was immediately published in 25 languages. Both books were on The Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com, USA Today and the [[New York Times] bestseller lists. All proceed from both books went to several non-profit organizations who are in support of technological advancements.http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/?tab=biography

• 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

• 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)