My Take
Bill Gates is one of those people I'll never have a tidy opinion on, and honestly that's what keeps me hooked. Picture a Seattle kid so obsessed with code he ditched Harvard to start Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975, then more or less put a computer on every desk on the planet. That's not normal ambition, that's a different operating system in the brain. I get a kick out of how the cutthroat 90s software boss eventually morphed into the cardigan-wearing guy who reads a book a week, throws billions at malaria and vaccines, and somehow still plays competitive bridge. Whether you cheer for him or squint suspiciously, the man rewired daily life, and I can't pretend that isn't impressive.
Overview
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bill Gates
- Name (Japanese)
- ビル・ゲイツ
- Reading
- びる・げいつ
- Born
- October 28, 1955 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Goat
- Origin
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / programmer / computer scientist / bridge player / investor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Harvard College
Awards & achievements
- 2005 Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1992 National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- 2015 Padma Bhushan
- 2009 Cross of Recognition
- 2013 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award
- 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 2010 J. William Fulbright Prize
- 2010 Silver Buffalo Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.