Bill Gates
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Behind the Gates money, a new ed reform strategy...other innovations during the previous eight years. In announcing the foundation's latest efforts, Microsoft founder and co-chairman Bill Gates conceded that its previous investments had largely fallen short. "In some districts, we got tacit... In this article: Bill Gates, Rigor, Arne Duncan, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, Tom Marshall, and Margaret Spellings |
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The Big Money | 3 days ago
Bill Gates' Chronicle of a Death Foretold
...Ate Silicon Valley. And we're ready to deliver to our faithful fans! The first treat is a slap at Bill Gates, the last monster. When Auletta interviewed Gates back in 1998, he asked him, "What challenge do you most fear?" His reply? "He...
In this article: Ken Auletta, Stanford, Google, Diet Coke, Sergey Brin, and Silicon Valley
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Xconomy | 3 days ago
Microsoft's Craig Mundie on Future Interfaces, Computer Science Education, and Life After Bill G
...(my alma mater) today, and comes to Kane Hall at the University of Washington tomorrow afternoon. It's similar to the college tours Bill Gates used to do. From what I can tell, the goal is to stir up interest in computer science, give...
In this article: Craig Mundie, Microsoft, Cambridge, MA, Deforestation, University of Washington, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Harvard University, and Seattle Times
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The Register | 4 days ago
Bono serenades fellow fader, Bill Gates
...2009 09:02 GMT Free whitepaper - SPECjbb2005 performance and power consumption on Dell, HP, and IBM blade servers Bill Gate's fortune may have slipped by $18bn in the past year or so, but pop oldster Bono apparently thinks that the...
In this article: Bono, ONE Campaign, Happy Birthday, Dell, IBM, U2, BC Place Stadium, British Columbia, and Vancouver
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Newsweek World News | 7 days ago
Gates: Aid for Global Health Programs Works
...fill in the following information and we'll email this link. Despite losing $18 billion of his net worth in the financial collapse, Bill Gates remains a self-described "impatient optimist"--about global health, that is. He stepped down as...
In this article: Overpopulation, HIV, Newsweek, Malaria, Diarrhea, Rotavirus, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Thailand
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CBS News | October 30, 2009
Gates Among Obama's Oval Office Guests
AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was among those landing Oval Office visits with President Barack Obama during his first months in office. The White House late Friday afternoon released a partial list of visitors to...
In this article: Barack Obama, John Podesta, White House, Uranium, IAEA, Hideki Matsui, Mark Teixeira, and Yankees
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Washington Times | October 29, 2009
GREEN & GLOVER: Gates channels Gore
Gates channels Gore "If you're here for the hockey game, you need to go across the street," Microsoft chairman Bill Gates quipped Tuesday night to an audience of suited policy wonks at Sidney Harman Hall while fiery Capitals fans lined up...
In this article: Al Gore, Africa, Poverty, AIDS, Malaria, Capitals, and Microsoft
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Reuters | October 28, 2009
U.S. aid saves lives but few know, Bill Gates says
...the risk. So far it hasn't been that one party is for saving babies' lives and another party has taken a position against that," Bill Gates said. "We want to make sure these things don't get cut just because people don't understand the...
In this article: Melinda Gates, U.S., GAVI Alliance, Global Fund, Malaria, Barack Obama, Insecticide, Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, and AIDS Drugs
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NPR | October 27, 2009
Bill And Melinda Gates: Benefits Of Global Health Aid
...of its total budget, but five times more than what the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spends. "So we often work together," Bill Gates tells NPR's Steve Inskeep. "Only by having that large amount of resources, the government...
In this article: Melinda Gates, Gates Foundation, AIDS, Malaria, Rotavirus, Africa, Microsoft, Diarrhea, and Sexually transmitted disease
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CNET News.com | October 27, 2009
Bill Gates casts self as 'impatient optimist'
...just a couple of new vaccines can have in saving millions of lives. And, while most of his time is going toward his foundation work, Bill Gates said he still spends time at his other job--at Microsoft. "I love the work that Microsoft...
In this article: Melinda Gates, Microsoft, Ina Fried, CNET News, Champagne, File sharing, Hulu, Malaria, and HIV
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AP Online | October 27, 2009
Bill Gates urges more spending on global health
...the millions of lives saved because of it. "Global health money improves lives more effectively than any other spending," Bill Gates told a roundtable discussion Tuesday on a new initiative called The Living Proof Project that's being...
In this article: Melinda Gates, AIDS, George W. Bush, Washington, United States, GAVI Alliance, Malaria, HIV, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author, and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen.
He is ranked consistently one of the world's wealthiest people
and the wealthiest overall as of 2009.
During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is admired by many, a number of industry insiders criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts (see Criticism of Microsoft). In the later stages of his career, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
Bill Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January, 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect. In June, 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He gradually transferred his duties to Ray Ozzie, chief software architect and Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer. Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman.
- Birth Date:
- October 28, 1955
- Birthplace:
- Seattle, Washington
- Spouse:
- Melinda Gates (1994–present)
- Residence:
- Seattle, Washington, U.S.
- University Attended:
- Harvard University (dropped out in 1975)
- Occupation:
- Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Net Worth:
- US$40 billion (2009)
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