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[[File:Bill Gates in WEF ,2007.jpg|120px|left|alt=Gates at the World Economic Forum, 2007]]

'''William Henry''' "'''Bill'''" '''Gates III''' (born October 28, 1955) is an American [[business magnate]], [[investor]], philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of [[Microsoft]], the software company he founded with [[Paul Allen]]. He is consistently ranked among the [[Forbes list of billionaires|world's wealthiest people]] and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third,, in 2011 he was the wealthiest American and the second wealthiest person. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and [[software architect|chief software architect]], and remains the largest individual shareholder, with 6.4 percent of the [[common stock]]. He has also authored or co-authored several books.<noinclude>

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