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| {{Infobox person
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| | name = Bill Gates
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| | image = Bill Gates 2017 (cropped).jpg
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| | alt = Head and shoulders photo of Bill Gates
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| | caption = Gates in 2017
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| | birth_name = William Henry Gates III
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| | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|28}}
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| | birth_place = [[Seattle, Washington]], U.S.
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| | known_for = Co-founder of [[Microsoft]] and [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]
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| | education = [[Harvard University]] (dropped out)
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| | occupation = {{hlist|Software developer|investor|entrepreneur}}
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| | years_active = 1972–present
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| | title = {{indented plainlist|
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| * Co-[[chairperson]] of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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| * Chairman and founder of [[Branded Entertainment Network]]
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| * Chairman and founder of [[Cascade Investment]]
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| * Chairman and co-founder of [[TerraPower]]
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| * Founder of [[Breakthrough Energy]]
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| * Technology advisor of Microsoft}}
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| | boards = {{plainlist|
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| * [[Berkshire Hathaway]]
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| * Microsoft (former, both)}}
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| | spouse = {{marriage|[[Melinda French]]|January 1, 1994|August 2, 2021|reason=divorce}}
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| | children = 3
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| | father = [[Bill Gates Sr.]]
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| | mother = [[Mary Maxwell Gates|Mary Maxwell]]
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| | website = {{URL|https://www.gatesnotes.com}}
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| | awards = {{ubl|[[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] (2016)|[[Hilal-e-Pakistan]] (2022)}}
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| | signature = Bill Gates signature.svg
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| | signature_alt = William H. Gates III
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| }}
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