Gates

William henry gates was born on 28 October 1955, in Seattle, Washington.

As the principal founder of Microsoft, Bill gates is one of the most influential and richest people on the planet.

In recent years he has retired from working full time at Microsoft, and has instead concentrated on working with his charitable foundation "The Bill and Melinda gates Foundation.".

His father William gates sr was a senior lawyer, and his mother, Mary, served as an executive for a major bank.

In 1973, Gates enrolled at Harvard, where he studied mathematics and computer science.

However, Gates was more interested in pursuing his own coding, and when he saw an opportunity to found his own company, he dropped out of Harvard without finishing his course.

Bill gates founded Microsoft in 1976 when he formed a contract with Mits (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) to develop a basic operating system for their new microcomputers.

In the early days, Bill gates would review every line of code.

From 2008 Gates has worked full time on his philanthropic interests.

It is estimated Gates and his wife Melinda have given away $28 billion via their charitable foundation – including $8 billion to improve global health.

In respect to charities and giving back, the Walton family is worth as much as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet combined.

The Walton family gives about 2% of its wealth to charity and other causes while Warren Buffet gives 78% of his net worth and Bill Gates gives 48% of his net worth.

In the late 19th century, after hundreds of years of isolation, Seoul opened its gates to foreigners and began to modernize.