Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and the subsequent increase in its stock price, Gates became the world's then-youngest billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion. According to Forbes, as of February 2026, his net worth stood at US$107.7 billion, making him the 18th-wealthiest individual in the world.

American multinational conglomerate holding company

private foundation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates

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American video game programmer and designer (born 1937)

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American holding and investment company

TerraPower, LLC is an American nuclear reactor design and development engineering company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

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BENlabs, formerly BEN Group Inc., is a Los Angeles–based product placement, influencer marketing and licensing company. The company offers AI-driven product placement, influencer marketing services, music partnerships, rights clearance, and personality rights management services for the entertainment industry.

Belgian actor, anarchist, critic, writer

umbrella name of several organizations, founded by Bill Gates in 2015, that aim to accelerate innovation in sustainable energy and other technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

2019 three-part documentary exploring the mind and motivations of Bill Gates

Traf-O-Data was a business partnership between Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Paul Gilbert that existed in the 1970s. The objective was to read the raw data from roadway traffic counters and create reports for traffic engineers. The company had only modest success but the experience was instrumental in the creation of Microsoft Corporation a few years later.

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