Bill Gates

Bill Gates

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* Gates married Melinda French on January 1, 1994. They have three children: daughters Jennifer Katharine (b. 1996) and Phoebe Adele (b. 2002) and son Rory John (b. 1999).

* Gates was number one on the Forbes 400 list from 1993 through to 2007 and number one on Forbes list of The World's Richest People from 1995 to 2007 and 2009. In 1999, his wealth briefly surpassed $101 billion, causing the media to call Gates a "cent billionaire

* Gates has several investments outside Microsoft.

* He founded Corbis, a digital imaging company, in 1989.

* In 2004 he became a director of Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company headed by long-time friend Warren Buffett.

* In March 2010 Bill Gates was bumped down to the second wealthiest man behind Carlos Slim.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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* The primary aims of the foundation are, globally, to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty, and in America, to expand educational opportunities and access to information technology.

* The foundation, based in Seattle, Washington, is controlled by its three trustees: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

* Other principal officers include Co-Chair William H. Gates, Sr. and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Raikes.

* Bill and Melinda Gates, along with the musician Bono, were named by Time as Persons of the Year 2005 for their charitable work.

* In April 2010, Gates was invited to visit and speak at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he asked the students to take on the hard problems of the world in their futures and he also explained the nature and philosophy of his philanthropic endeavors.

Who we are

Foundation fact sheet

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