Bill Gates
Bill Gates is Chairman of software giant Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), a company he founded in 1975. Microsoft helped revolutionize the personal computer with its operating system.
Bill Gates has been ranked by Forbes as the richest person in the world from 1995 to 2007. In June 2007, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim passed Gates as the world's richest according to Forbes.
Gates married Melinda French in 1994 and they have three children. With his wife, Gates is a major philanthropist. The two started the Bill and Milinda Gates Foundation in 2000.
PALO ALTO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/09/12 -- Kara Swisher, co-executive editor at All Things Digital, will be the Keynote Speaker for the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Women of Vision Awards Banquet on May 10, 2012. The annual Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards honor women making significant contributions to technology in three categories: Innovation, Leadership, and Social Impact. The second Anita Borg Top Company for Technical Women Award will also be presented at the ceremony. The event will be emceed by Monica Kim, broadcast journalist. Kara Swisher currently edits the tech ...
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