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Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

Bill Gates

Also Known As William Henry Gates III
Founder and Executive

American businessman and co-founder of Microsoft, which he established with childhood friend Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1975 after the two demonstrated a BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800 microcomputer. Gates served as Microsoft's first chief executive for 25 years. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1955-10-28 1
Birth Year
1955 1
Birthplace
Seattle, Washington, U.S. 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975 and served as its first CEO for 25 years, steering the company through the IBM DOS deal and the rise of Windows. 1
Notable Work
Microsoft 2
Connections

Associated With

Entrepreneurship, Practice Disciplines

Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and built it into the dominant personal computing software company, becoming one of the defining entrepreneurial figures of the technology industry.

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Licensing, Business Models
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Microsoft Antitrust Case, Corporate Events
Source Wikipedia, United States v. Microsoft Corp.
Paul Allen, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers

Gates and Allen co-founded Microsoft together in 1975.

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Software Industry, Industries
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Companies Founded

Microsoft, Companies and Brands
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Companies Led

Microsoft, Companies and Brands
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Nationality

United States

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Sources
1. Wikipedia, Bill Gates
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist.
  • Companies Led: Microsoft
  • Associated With: Entrepreneurship
  • Associated With: Paul Allen
  • Associated With: Software Industry
  • Associated With: Licensing
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2. Wikipedia, Bill Gates
  • Lead section, sentence 1
    William Henry Gates III
  • Infobox: known_for
    Pioneer of the personal computer revolution with Paul Allen Co-founding of Microsoft and Gates Foundation
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Wikidata: Bill Gates
Wikidata Q5284, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia, Microsoft
WikipediaCompanies Founded: MicrosoftView the Source
Wikipedia, United States v. Microsoft Corp.
WikipediaAssociated With: Microsoft Antitrust Case, Lead sectionView the Source

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