About Bill
Married to: Melinda French Gates
Children: Three
Career
highlights: Microsoft,
Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
1955—
Born
Seattle, WA.1973
Entered Harvard
University. 1967
Enrolled at Lakeside
School. First used computer. 1968
Began programming
with Paul Allen in the computer center.
Bill Gates is a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, with an amazing and supportive family who encouraged his interest in computers at an early age. He dropped out of college to start Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen. He married Melinda French in 1994 and they have three children. Today, Bill and Melinda Gates co-chair the charitable foundation bearing their names and are working together to give their wealth back to society.
Bill grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. His dad, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney and one of the co-chairs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International.