Bill Gates

Bill Gates is an American technology executive and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft and led it as chairman and chief executive. He later became a major funder of global health, education, and development initiatives.

Paul Allen: An American entrepreneur who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975. Allen was Gates’s childhood friend and Microsoft co-founder.
Microsoft: An American technology company that develops software, devices, cloud services, and other products. Gates co-founded Microsoft and led its growth into a major software company.
Lakeside School: A private school in Seattle where students gained early access to computer terminals in the 1960s. Gates encountered computer programming at Lakeside as a teenager.
Global health: The field concerned with improving health and achieving health equity worldwide. The Gates Foundation directs substantial funding toward disease prevention and health systems.
Apple Inc.: An American technology company that designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and digital services. Apple’s integrated hardware-and-software strategy contrasted with Microsoft’s broad licensing model.
Melinda French Gates: An American philanthropist who co-chaired the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and later founded Pivotal Ventures. She partnered with Gates in philanthropy and helped lead their foundation.
Personal computer: A general-purpose computer designed for use by one person at a time. Microsoft software helped make personal computers useful across homes and workplaces.
Altair 8800: An early personal computer kit introduced by MITS in 1975. The Altair prompted Gates and Allen to create a BASIC interpreter for microcomputers.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: A public-private partnership that supports vaccination in lower-income countries. Foundation funding has helped Gavi expand access to childhood vaccines.
IBM: An American technology company that helped establish the personal-computer market with its 1981 IBM PC. Microsoft’s operating-system deal with IBM helped shift software control toward Gates’s company.

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