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American businessman and philanthropist (born )

This article is about the co-founder of Microsoft.

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For other people with the same name, see Bill Gates (disambiguation).

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, ) is an American businessman and philanthropist best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.

He later held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect of the company. Gates was also its largest individual shareholder until May ^[a] He was a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the s and s.

In June , Gates transitioned into a part-time role at Microsoft and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the private charitable foundation he and his then-wife Melinda had established in He stepped down as chairman of the Microsoft board in February and assumed the role of technology adviser to support newly appointed CEO Satya Nad