William Henry Gates
Cochair, Bill& Melina Gates Foundation
Net worth in 2022 : $ 101.8 billion
Personal Stats
Age : 66 in 2022
Birth: October 28th 1955 in Seattle, Washington, United States
Source of Wealth: Microsoft, Self Made
Citizenship: United States
Children: 3
Education: Drop Out, Havard University
Known for: Founder of Microsoft
Height: 1,77m (5 ft 9 1/2 in)
Listed weight: 154 Ib (70kg)
Eye Colour: Greyish Blue
Hair Colour: Gray
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Religion: Christianity
Hobbies: Playing Golf and Tennis
Interesting facts:
- he spent so much time reading that his parents finally forbade him from bringing books to the dinner table.
- took a break from classes his senior year in high school to do programming with his friend Paul Allen at a power plant in North Bonneville, Washington
- Gates first computer program ever was a tic-tac-toe game
- Gates hacked his school program to schedule students in classes, changing the codes so that he was placed in classes with „disproportionate number of interesting girls“
- He graduated from Lakeside School with a score of 1590 out of 1600
- In 1975, Gates dropped out of Harvard and joined his childhood friends Paul Allen to form a company which they named „Micro-Soft“
- In 1977 he was arrested in New Mexico for driving without a license
- He purchased a collection of writing by Leonardo Da Vinci for $30.1 million in 1994
- He increases his wealth by $250 per second, $15,000 per minute and almost $20 million every day
- Gates said that he will leave his three children with $10 million each as their inheritance
- He is a good friend of Warren Buffet
Awards:
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2020)
- Hilal-e-Pakistan (2022)
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2005)
Books:
- The Road Ahead ( November 1995)
- Business @ the Speed of Thought (1999)
- How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (February 2021)
- How to Prevent the Next Pandemic (April 2022)
Documantery films about Gates:
- The Machine That Changed the World (1990)
- Triumph of the Nerds (1996)
- Nerds 2.0.1 (1998)
- Waiting for “Superman” (2010)
- The Virtual Revolution (2010)
- Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates (2019)
Bill Gates` Portfolio (2022):
- Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. , 28.7 million ($10 billion)
- Waste Management, Inc. , 18.6 million shares ($3.1 billion)
- Canadian National Railway Company , 13.07 million shares ($1.75 billion)
- Caterpillar Inc. , 7.35 million shares ($1.7 billion)
- Schrödinger, Inc. , 6.9 million shares ($238 million)
Cars Collection:
- Porsche 911
- Porsche 930
- Porsche 959
Jet Collection:
- THE Bombardier BD-700 Global Express
- Boeing Business Jet
Quotes:
- “Don’t compare yourself with anyone in this world… if you do so, you are insulting yourself.” – Bill Gates
- “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill Gates
- “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” – Bill Gates
- “Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.“- Bill Gates
- ” Life is not fair — get used to it!” – Bill Gates
- “Patience is a key element of success.” – Bill Gates
- “It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.” “
- To win big, you sometimes have to take big risks.” – Bill Gates
