Resume: William Henry Gates III, nicknamed Bill Gates 1955 10 was born on128, and grew up in Seattle. His father William Henry Gates is a lawyer and his mother is a teacher. She is strong, independent and good at communicating with people. Gates is the only boy among the three children in the family, ranking second. I have been keen on computer games since I was a child, and my imagination is rich. He stopped his math class on 14 because he had mastered math knowledge well. He entered the law department of Harvard University in 1973, dropped out at the age of 19, and founded a computer company with his companion Paul Allen, until he later founded Microsoft as the chairman, president and CEO. 1998 65438+ 10, he gave the position of president to steve ballmer, and announced that he would no longer serve as CEO of the company on June 65438+ 10, 2000, in order to get rid of the management of the company's daily affairs and concentrate on promoting the next generation Windows Internet platform and its services. He is called a computer wizard and the greatest computer software giant in the 20th century. Continnum Company (later renamed Corbis), which he founded in 1989, developed high-quality creative images and became a powerful enterprise in the multimedia field. At the age of 36, he became the youngest billionaire in the world, with assets of 1994 of $8.3 billion, 1994 and 1995 of $2.9 billion. According to1Forbes magazine on June 30, 996, his wealth has reached1800 million US dollars, still ranking first among the billionaires in the world. 1Forbes magazine published on July 28, 997 announced that his assets doubled to $36.4 billion, still the richest man in the world. 1September 23, 999, 1 1 (published in advance)1Forbes magazine published in October still ranks first in the list of billionaires in the world. His net worth is $85 billion, exceeding last year's $59 billion. In 2000, Forbes magazine ranked first in the list of billionaires in the world, with personal assets of 60 billion US dollars. In June of 200012000, Forbes magazine still topped the list of billionaires in the world with personal assets of $58.7 billion. Forbes magazine, published in March 2002, still ranks first in the global rich list, with personal assets of $52.8 billion. He claimed that he would not leave any money to future generations and was prepared to donate 95% of his wealth to charity. 1In April 1998, Gates donated $654.38 million to the United Nations Population Fund for the exchange of technology and experience in population projects in developing countries. 1 99865438+On February 2nd, Gates announced that he and his wife would donate1billion dollars to children's immunization programs in developing countries. 1On May 4th, 1999, Gates donated $25 million to the new york-based non-profit NGO "International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Research Organization" for AIDS vaccine research. On June 5438+1October 18, 2000, the Gates Foundation will donate 40 million US dollars to the International Vaccine Research Institute within five years for the prevention and treatment of cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever in poor countries. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would quit the company's daily affairs management and join in charity work. It was named as one of the 50 most influential people in the field of digital technology by Time magazine published in June1999+1October 18. 1998 and 1999 have been rated as the most respected entrepreneurs in the world by the Financial Times for two consecutive years. From June 5, 2005 to February 2005, Mr. and Mrs. Gates were elected as Time magazine's Person of the Year in 2005. From June, 5438 to June, 2006 10, Gates topped the second Financial Times list of the world's richest people. He is the author of The Way Forward and The Speed of Thinking: Using the Digital Nervous System. His wife, Melinda French, graduated from Duke University majoring in computer science and business, and worked in Microsoft. They got married in June 1 99465438+1October1,and they have a daughter and a son.