Bill Gates HeightAgeWifeChildrenFamilyBiography

Bio
Full Name	William Henry "Bill" Gates III
Nickname	Trey
Profession(s)	EntrepreneurAmerican Business MagnateInvestorAuthor and Philanthropist
Physical Stats & More
[1]LinkedIn Height	5' 10" (178 cm)
Eye Colour	Greyish Blue
Hair Colour	Gray
Personal Life
Date of Birth	October 281955
Age (as of 2023)	68 Years
Birthplace	SeattleWashingtonUSA
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Nationality	American
Hometown	SeattleWashingtonUSA
School	Lakeside School
College	Harvard CollegeHarvard University
Educational Qualification	Graduation
Family	Father- William H. Gates Sr. Mother- Mary Maxwell Gates Brother- N/A Sister- Libby Gates, Kristi Gates
Religion	Christianity (He attends a Roman Catholic Church) [2]INSIDER
Hobbies	Playing Golf and Tennis
Signature
Controversies	In 2007the Los Angeles Times criticized Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for investing its assets in companies which have been accused of worsening povertypolluting heavilyand pharmaceutical companies that do not sell into the developing world
Favourites
Food	Thai and Indian food concoctions
GirlsAffairs and More
Marital Status	Divorced Note: On 3 May 2021Bill Gates and Melinda Gates announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage. [3]BBC The divorce was finalized on 2 August 2021. [4]CNBC
Marriage Date	January 11994
Sexual Orientation	Straight
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Melinda Gates (1987-1994) • Paula Hurd (widow of Mark Hurdthe CEO of the software company Oraclewho died in 2019) [5]NDTV
Wife	Melinda Gates
Children	Son- Rory John Gates Daughter- Jennifer Katharine GatesPhoebe Adele Gates
Grandchildren	His daughter Jennifer Gates welcomed her first child with her husbandNayel Nassarin March 2023.
Money Factor
Net Worth	$127.5 billion (as of March 2024) [6]Forbes
Cars Collection	Porsche 911 Porsche 930 Porsche 959
Jet Collection	THE Bombardier BD-700 Global Express Boeing Business Jet
House/Estate	Xanadu 2.0

Some Lesser Known Facts About Bill Gates

• Does Bill Gates smoke?: Not Known

• Does Bill Gates drink alcohol?: Yes

• Bill Gates was fanatical about Computers and Programming.

• Gates admitted in Lakeside Schoolone of handful schools in the US with a computer terminal at the time.

• Gates first computer program ever was a tic-tac-toe game.

• Gates hacked his school program to schedule students in classeschanging the code so that he was placed in classes with “disproportionate number of interesting girls.”

• Gates graduated from Lakeside School with a score of 1590 out of 1600and then went to Harvard in 1973 where he met Steve Balmer.

• In 1975Gates dropped out of Harvard and joined his childhood friend Paul Allen to form a company which they named “Micro-Soft.” The hyphen fell off within a year.

• In 1977 he was arrested in New Mexico for driving without a license.

• Gates paid $30.1 million at an auction in 1994 for the Codex Leicestera collection of writing by Leonardo Da Vinci.                                                                                                                                                                                                 

• His net worth briefly surpassed $101 billion 1999causing the media to call “cent billionaire.”

• A money machine in the most authentic sense of the word would show that Gates makes in average about $250 per second$15,000 per minuteand almost $20 million every day.

• From 1995 until 2007Gates was the richest man on the Earthbefore being dethroned momentarily by Mukesh Ambani.                                                                                                                                                                             

• If he was a countryGates would be the 37th richest country on earth.

• Xanadu 2.0Gates family mansionbrags a 17-by-60-foot swimming pool with underground music system and a floor painted in a fossil motif.

• In 1987Gates was included in the Forbes list of the world’s wealthiest people.

• In February 2014he stepped down as chairman of Microsofttaking on a new post as technology adviser to support newly appointed CEO Satya Nadella.                                                                                                                          

• Bill and Melinda Gates have said that they intend to leave their three children with $10 million each as their inheritance. With only $30 million kept in the familythey would spend all their wealth in charity about 99.96 percent of their wealth.

• In July 2022shared his 48-year-old resumehis first resumeaddressing his followers that he was sure that their resume looks better than his. While sharing the resume on social mediahe wrote,
  

  Whether you’re a recent grad or a college dropoutI’m sure your resume looks a lot better than mine did 48 years ago.”

  

  Bill Gates’ first resume

• On 13 May 2024Melinda Gates announced her decision to step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.