William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist who was born on October 28, 1955.
Bill Gates created his first computer program while still in high school, co-founded Microsoft in 1977, and became the wealthiest man on the planet by 1993. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which Gates and his wife founded in 2000, is the world's largest charity. One of its aims is to exempt the Third World from polio and other deadly diseases. Net worth: 11,900 crores USD (2020) Forbes.