(CNN) – Here’s a peek into the life of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, with whom Andrés Oppenheimer will speak in a special #OppenheimerPresenta issue. Don’t miss the details of this conversation on Sunday, February 14 at 9 p.m. in Miami.
Personal information
Date of birth: October 28, 1955
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington
Birth name: William Henry Gates III
Father: William Henry Gates II, Abogado
Mother: Mary (née: Maxwell) Gates, teacher
Woman: Melinda (née: French) Gates (January 1, 1964-present)
Sons: Phoebe Adele, 2002; Rory John 1999; Jennifer Katharine 1996
Education: Attended Harvard University, 1973-1975
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Other data
He was # 1 on Forbes’ Billionaires List [Forbes World’s Billionaires List] for 12 consecutive years from 1995 to 2007.
Since 2019, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has funded a total of $ 54.8 billion in charities.
Microsoft is the largest software company in the world.
Chronology of Bill Gates’ Life
1968 – He starts programming computers at the age of 13.
1972 – While still at school, he co-founded Traf-O-Data, a company that analyzes local traffic patterns.
Summer 1972 – Page of Congress for the US House of Representatives
1975 – Left Harvard and co-founded Microsoft (formerly Micro Soft) with Paul Allen.
1977-1982 – President of Microsoft.
1980 – He develops MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System / Microsoft Disk Operating System) for IBM. Two million copies were sold up to 1984, and more than 100 million copies were sold in the early 1990s.
1981-2014 – Chairman of the Microsoft Board of Directors.
1985 – Gates introduces the Microsoft Windows operating system to compete with Apple.
Mid to late 1980s – Starts developing and promoting CD-ROM technology.
1987 – He becomes the youngest American billionaire, with a fortune of $ 1.25 billion at the age of 31.
1989 – Founder of Corbis, a digital imaging company.
May 1998 – The United States Department of Justice, 20 states and the District of Columbia are filing lawsuits accusing Microsoft of illegal, anti-competitive, and foreclosure practices.
January 2000 – He resigns as CEO of Microsoft and takes up the position of Chief Software Architect.
Microsoft reaches an agreement with the Justice Department on the antitrust case. Nine states agree to the deal, but nine other states and the District of Columbia consider the sentences too lenient.
November 2002 – Federal Trial Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly approves most of the settlement between Microsoft and the proposed Justice Department and issues a ruling against the nine dissenting states and the District of Columbia.
March 2, 2005 – Appointed a knight by Queen Elizabeth II.
December 18, 2005 – Time magazine calls Bill Gates “Person of the Year,” along with his wife Melinda and musician Bono.
June 15, 2006 – He announces that starting July 2008, he will be setting aside his day-to-day roles at Microsoft to focus on his humanitarian and educational interests.
June 7, 2007 – He will deliver the keynote address at Harvard University, the university he graduated from in 1975. He also receives an honorary degree.
March 2008 – He drops to third on the Forbes billionaires list after 12 consecutive years at the top.
June 27, 2008 – Gates quits his job at Microsoft to focus on philanthropy.
April 1, 2009 – Gates announces partnership with China’s Ministry of Health to help combat a tuberculosis epidemic in China with a $ 33 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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January 29, 2010 – The Gates Foundation announces that it will donate US $ 10 billion for vaccine research over the next 10 years.
February 4, 2014 – Bill Gates is retiring as chairman of the Microsoft Board of Directors.
November 30, 2015 – present Helps Launch Breakthrough Energy Coalition Fund at United Nations Climate Change Conference 2015. Private Fund has more than 28 investors, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The fund was created with the aim of mobilizing and multiplying investments in carbon-free and alternative energy solutions.
November 22, 2016 – present Bill Gates and his wife receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.
November 13, 2017 – present Gates Announces Investments of $ 50 Million in Dementia Research Fund [Dementia Discovery Fund], a public-private partnership focused on Alzheimer’s disease research. This is the first time Gates has committed to a non-communicable disease.
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March 13, 2020 – Gates would leave the boards of Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway to “devote more time to his philanthropic priorities.”
March 18, 2020 – It is in position No. 2 on Forbes’ Billionaires List, with a net worth of $ 98 billion per press.