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[[Image:Technet gates.jpg|right|frame]] '''William (Bill) Henry Gates III''' (Seattle 1955 - ) is an [[American]] businessman who was declared the richest person in the world from 1995 through 2007 according to ''Forbes''.<ref>http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/04/11/billionaires-helu-telecom-biz-cz_hc_0411helu.html</ref>.  Founder and Chairman of [[Microsoft]] Corporation, he is seen as one of the entrepreneurs that made the personal [[computer]] revolution, although it is difficult to identify any innovations that actually came from his company.

[[Image:Technet gates.jpg|right|frame]] '''William (Bill) Henry Gates III''' (Seattle 1955 - ) is an [[American]] businessman who was declared the richest person in the world from 1995 through 2007 according to ''Forbes''.<ref>http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/04/11/billionaires-helu-telecom-biz-cz_hc_0411helu.html</ref>.  Founder and Chairman of [[Microsoft]] Corporation, he is seen as one of the entrepreneurs that made the personal [[computer]] revolution, although it is difficult to identify any innovations that actually came from his company.  Many have criticized the anti-competitive and anti-innovative tactics of his company.

Gates began programming computers at age 13; in 1973, Gates entered [[Harvard University]]. There he developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he founded in 1975 with his childhood friend [[Paul Allen]].<ref>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx</ref>.

Gates began programming computers at age 13; in 1973, Gates entered [[Harvard University]]. There he developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he founded in 1975 with his childhood friend [[Paul Allen]].<ref>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx</ref>

His wealth is largely the result of the contract negotiated by his father's law firm with [[IBM]] for the operating system of the first personal computer.  The contract gave Bill Gates' small company unusually advantageous rights.  As the computer industry soared, Microsoft's unique position gave it monopoly power and profits.  Two decades later, the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]] held that Microsoft had engaged in unlawful monopolistic behavior.

His wealth is largely the result of the contract negotiated by his father's law firm with [[IBM]] for the operating system of the first personal computer.  The contract gave Bill Gates' small company unusually advantageous rights.  As the computer industry soared, Microsoft's unique position gave it monopoly power and profits.  Two decades later, the Court of Appeals for the [[D.C. Circuit]] held that Microsoft had engaged in unlawful monopolistic behavior.