Net worth $59B (Forbes 2007).
[1] In a November 2005 PBS interview by David Frost, when asked if he believed in God, Gates replied: "In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not, but I think religious principles are quite valid."Father: William H. Gates, Sr. (attorney)
Mother: Mary Maxwell Gates (d. 1994)
Sister: Kristanne (b. 1953)
Sister: Libby (b. 1964)
Wife: Melinda Gates (m. 1-Jan-1994)
Daughter: Jennifer Katherine (b. 26-Apr-1996)
Son: Rory John Gates (b. 23-May-1999)
Daughter: Phoebe Adele Gates (b. 2002)
High School: Lakeside School, Seattle, WA
University: Harvard University (dropped out)
Microsoft Founder & CEO (1975-2000)
Member of the Board of Berkshire Hathaway (2004-)
Member of the Board of Microsoft Chairman (1975-)
Corbis Founder (1989)
National Infrastructure Advisory Council
Academy of Achievement Patron
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Americans for a Republican Majority
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Co-Founder
Bluegrass Committee
Bush-Cheney '04
Committee for the Preservation of Capitalism
Dreier for Congress Committee
Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Friends of George Allen
Friends of Roy Blunt
Friends of Senator D'Amato 1998 Committee
Green Mountain PAC
John Kerry for President
Keep Our Mission PAC
Kerry Victory 2004
National Academy of Engineering
New Leadership for America PAC
Obama for America
Searchlight Leadership Fund
Spirit of America
Straight Talk America
Volunteer PAC
World Technology Network
Congressional Pages
National Medal of Technology 1992
Knight of the British Empire 2-Mar-2005 (honorary)
Time Man of the Year 2005, with Bono and Melinda Gates
Endorsement of Coca Cola (1995)
Driving without a License Phoenix, AZ (29-Apr-1975)
Wedding: Bill Gates and Melinda French (1994)
Pied Brussels, Belgium 4-Feb-1998
Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001)
The Digerati
Risk Factors: LSD
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires (12-Jun-1996) Himself
Rotten Library Page:
Bill Gates
Appears on the cover of:
Newsweek, 24-Nov-2003, DETAILS: Bill's Next Big Thing -- Gates on the Future of Computers
AKA William Henry Gates III