Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 28, 1955 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Also Known As
- William Henry Gates III
- William H. Gates
Bill Gates
Biography
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software giant Microsoft, along with his childhood friend Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect, while also being its largest individual shareholder until May 2014. He was a major entrepreneur of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.
Known For
Acting
6.3
Breakdown: 1975
2025
5.2
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
2024
7.6
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
2020
6.9
Coronavirus, Explained
2020
7.0
One World: Together at Home
2020
7.2
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
2019
7.1
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
2018
7.5
Explained
2018
8.0
trustWHO
2018
6.9
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
2018
6.5
Trump: An American Dream
2017
7.2
Becoming Warren Buffett
2017
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
5.3
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
6.9
Top Spin
2014
8.1
Silicon Valley
2014
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
6.1
Freakonomics
2010
7.9
The Big Bang Theory
2007
7.4
Live 8
2005
6.5
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
2003
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
7.4
The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires
1996