Bill Gates

Current

• Co-chair at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Past

• Chairman at Microsoft

Connections

5 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• Microsoft Corporation
• Gates Foundation

Bill Gates’s Summary

Bill Gates’s Specialties:

Personal computing, operating systems, technology, philanthropy

Bill Gates’s Experience

• Co-chair

  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Philanthropy industry)

  2000 — Present (9 years )

  Melinda and I believe that every life has equal value. We created this foundation to help reduce inequities in the U.S. and around the world. Our goal is to bring innovations in health, development, and education to the global community.

• Chairman

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  1975 — July 2008 (33 years )

  I served as Chairman of Microsoft, the company I co-founded in 1975. In July of 2008, I transitioned out of my day-to-day role in the company to focus on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. I am involved at Microsoft on a part-time basis.

Additional Information

Bill Gates’s Websites:

• Microsoft Corporation
• Gates Foundation

Bill Gates’s Interests:

Reading, tennis, bridge