BILL GATES William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman, software developer, investor, writer and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of his late childhood friend Paul Allen Microsoft. [2] [3] During his tenure at Microsoft, Gates served as Chairman, CEO, CEO and Chief Software Architect, the largest single shareholder until May 2014. Entrepreneur of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Gates was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. In 1975, he and Alan discovered Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It became the largest personal computer software company in the world. [5] [a] Gates became the current CEO and CEO of the newspaper resigning in January 2000, led by Gates, who was succeeded by Steve Bolmer, but he was also the chief software architect who served as chairman of the...