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- NAME: Bill Gates
- OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur
- BIRTH DATE: October 28, 1955 (Age: 57)
- EDUCATION: Lakeside School, Harvard College
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Seattle, Washington
- Full Name: William Henry Gates III
- ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio
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Entrepreneur Bill Gates founded the world's largest software business, Microsoft, with Paul Allen and became one of the richest men in the world.
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Bill Gates - Mini Biography
Bill Gates and his partner Paul Allen built the world's largest software business, Microsoft. He became one of the richest men in the world and a major philanthropist through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill Gates - Schoolboy to Businessman
As a teenager, Bill Gates became obsessed with computers.
Bill Gates - Help from Mom
Mary Gates played a big part early on in the success of her son Bill and his upstart company, Microsoft.
Bill Gates - Charity
Bill and Melinda Gates started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which helps people and organizations all over the world.
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Play NowBill Gates. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 12:05, May 26, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520.
Bill Gates. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520 [Accessed 26 May 2013].
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Bill Gates [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 26] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520.
Bill Gates, http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520 (last visited May 26, 2013).
Bill Gates. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520. Accessed May 26, 2013.
Gates also holds several honorary doctorates from universities throughout the world and an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. In 2006, Gates and his wife were awarded the Order of the Aztec Eagle by the Mexican government for their philanthropic work throughout the world in the areas of health and education.
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