Bill Gates biography by Charlotte.

One of the most kindest men in the world has to be William Henry Gates II or known just as Bill Gates. He was born on the 28th of October 1955 in Seattle, Washington in the United States of America.

Gates is worth about 56 billion dollars and is the second richest man in the world. He has given over half of his wealth to charities to nearly every country in the world.

Gates’ mother and father are William H Gates and Mary Maxwell Gates, Gates has one elder sister Kristie (Kristene) Gates and one younger sister Libby Gates.

Gates married Melinda French, in Dallas, Texas on January the 1st 1994. They have three children Jennifer Katherine Gates born on 1996 aged 15, Rory John Gates born 1999 aged 12 and Phoebe Adele Gates born 2002 aged 9.

They live in a house on the side of a hill overlookingLake Washington in Medina. Gates house cost $991,000 dollars. His 66,000 ft estate has a 18m swimming pool with an underwater music system as well as 230m gym and a 93m dining room.

He has all of this because he invented Microsoft, with Paul Allen. When they first started on Microsoft all the wanted to do was get the interest of MITs president Ed Robert. He eventually agreed to meet them for a demo of their software and over the next few weeks they had made Microsoft adaptable to the new computer, this is how Microsoft developed into a world wide system.

Gates is known for how kind he is towards people in poor countries or people who have suffered from natural disasters. Gates said that he would give over have his wealth to charities, he has even made his own charity called the ‘Bill and Melinda gates foundation‘, which is one of the biggest charities in the world. In 2007 Bill and Melinda Gates were the second most generous people toward charities giving over $28 billion dollars. Gates has researched that one in five students can’t read and has invested $250 million dollars into making small new schools to help those students with their disabilities and put them in the right age group when they leave college. Gates has also donated a significant amount of money to help poor students get into university. He also donated $210 million dollars in october 2000 to help outstanding graduate students outside of the United Kingdom at the university of Cambridge. 100 students are funded every year. ‘The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ‘ donated US $1.5 billion dollars for scholarships to high achieving students. The Gates Millennium Scholars Fund, according to its official website, it only provides scholarships to- African Americans, American Indians, Asians, Pacific Islanders, Americans or Hispanic American applicants.

AIDs, tuberculosis and Malaria are some of the three largest killers. ‘The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ‘ has donated millions of dollars to help suffers from these diseases. Gates has authored two books - ‘The Road Ahead‘ (1995) and Business at the Speed of Thought (1999). Bill Gates is fifty six and very happy! 

BY  CHARLOTTE