William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955), is the co-founder, Chairman and Chief Software Architect of Microsoft Corporation, the world's largest software company. According to Forbes magazine, Gates is the world's wealthiest person with a net worth of approximately $51 billion USD (as of September 2005)[2]. Since amassing his fortune, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating huge amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation charity founded in 2000.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution and has become an iconic figure of late-20th-century American capitalism, similar to John D. Rockefeller and Howard Hughes, both of whom defined earlier eras of American business. While he is respected for his intelligence, foresight, and ambition, he is also frequently accused of using ruthless and sometimes illegal business practices, such as abusing his monopoly-like power.
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