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'''William (Bill) Henry Gates III''' (Seattle 1955 - ) American businessman. He has been 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. <br />
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== History ==<br />
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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>.<br />
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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.<br />
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In 1995, Gates wrote "The Road Ahead" (with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson), which embarrassingly omitted any mention of the internet in its first edition. In 1999, Gates wrote "Business @ the Speed of Thought".<br />
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Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates have three children, Jennifer Katharine, Rory John and Phoebe Adele. Gates likes to read and plays golf and bridge.<br />
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== Gates Foundation ==<br />
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Bill Gates has donated billions to a private foundation that his family controls. Because of his philanthropic activities Time magazine awarded him and his wife Melinda Gates, the "Person of the Year" for 2005 along with rock star Bono<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1142278,00.html</ref>. On 2004 he was honored as Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.<br />
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== Sandal ==<br />
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While Bill Gates has described himself as an [[atheist]], his wife Melinda Gates is a [[pro-life]] [[Catholic]] considered to be responsible for reducing donations of the Gates wealth directly to fund [[abortion]]. Nevertheless, the [[Gates Foundation]] - a charitable foundation especially known for work on HIV/AIDS in Africa - established by Bill and Melinda Gates provides substantial grants to organizations that promote abortion, such as the [[Planned Parenthood]] of Western Washington (recipient of a $200,000 grant from the Gates Foundation in January 3, 2007 for a youth development program). Moreover, a smaller percentage of grants by the Gates Foundation supports faith-based programs than even the federal government does.<br />
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There is a longstanding myth that Bill Gates is the basis of Revelation 13:16-18. The Triple six originates from his name, Bill Gates III, as he is the third Bill Gates of his family. When his name is transcribed to ASCII code (American standard code for information interchange), and added up, it equates to 666. <br />
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The UK Independent reported on July 5, 2007 that Bill Gates "has acquired a major stake in a homosexual activist publishing company. ... The online material put out by the company features hard core homosexual pornography."<ref>http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07070509.html</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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*[[Microsoft]]<br />
*[[Debate:Does "free trade" increase wealth rather than simply redistribute it?]]<br />
*[[Economics Lecture Ten]] Antitrust Laws. <br />
*[[Carlos Slim]]<br />
*[[Previous Breaking News/Bill Gates|Articles about '''Bill Gates''' from previous "Breaking News"]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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*[http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx Bill Gates' profile at Microsoft site]<br />
*[http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/bill-gates.htm Bill Gates Biography] Woopidoo, Biographies of business leaders.<br />
*[http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm Bill and Melinda Foundation,]<br />
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