Gates powers a wide range of industrial applications — from data centers, food and beverage, and warehouse logistics to off-highway equipment used to support agriculture, forestry, construction, mining, or oil and gas.
Entrepreneur Bill Gates cofounded the world’s largest software business, Microsoft, in 1975. Read about his age, net worth, children, ex-wife, house, and more.
He resigned from the board in 2020. Over time, Gates reduced his role at Microsoft to focus on his philanthropic work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization, which he and his then-wife, Melinda French Gates, co-chaired from 2000 until 2024.
Gates, a computer enthusiast from a young age, dropped out of Harvard to cofound Microsoft with Paul Allen (d. 2018) in 1975, hoping to capitalize on the spread of personal computers.
On Bill Gates's website he writes about the people he meets, the books he's reading, and what he's learning and working on. Come join the conversation!
The Gates Foundation is reviewing its Epstein ties as released emails raise questions for funders The Gates Foundation confirmed Wednesday that it is reviewing its ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Gates Foundation has commissioned an external investigation of its past engagement with Jeffrey Epstein, CEO Mark Suzman told staff in a memo this week, as billionaire and foundation cofounder ...
The action comes after the release of the Epstein files, in which Bill Gates and some former advisers figure prominently.
Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft and one of the wealthiest men in the world. Gates was a software genius who dropped out of Harvard to launch a wildly successful career in tech.