William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington) is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former chief executive officer (CEO) and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third; in 2011 he was the wealthiest American and the second wealthiest person. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with 6.4 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books.
Escobar is up there with Gates @TiiDo_the_KD: Pablo Escobar was the Bill Gates of it then. RT“@allstadj: Frank Lucas was the Steve Jobs of
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"Sınavlara çalışmaya daima geç başlayın. Bu size zaman yönetimini ve acil durumlarla başa çıkmayı öğretir." /Bill Gates/
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Mexican farmers combat "organized crime" of Monsanto & Bill Gates' maize copyrights t.co/WN0RBCy98Z
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@stratfordsgrace @mahrukhsiddiqi If you had a Billion Dollar and Bill Gates gave ya two more Billion, how much would you have?
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Source: The Huffington Post: UK Edition
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Source: Birmingham Post
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Source: SCMP
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Source: The Advocate
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Source: TED
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