What is Bill Gates?
{{Infobox person | name = Bill Gates | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE}} | image = Bill Gates - 2023 - P062021-967902 (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Gates in 2023 | birth_name = William Henry Gates III | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|28}} | birth_place = [[Seattle, Washington]], U.S. | education = <!--If there is anything that questions status of a subject as an alumni of a university, it is not included in the alma mater/education section (i.e. reference Natalie Portman vs. Mark Zuckerberg)–both attended Harvard, one graduated, the other did not.--> | alma_mater = <!--If there is anything that questions status of a subject as an alumni of a university, it is not included in the alma mater/education section (i.e. reference Natalie Portman vs. Mark Zuckerberg)–both attended Harvard, one graduated, the other did not.--> | occupation = Business magnate, investor, author, programmer, philanthropist, humanitarian | networth = {{Increase}} US$ 117 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]] (2023)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/bill-gates/?sh=406e366f689f|title=Bill Gates | work=Forbes|accessdate=December 12, 2023}}</ref>| known_for = Principal founder of [[Microsoft]] | title = {{plainlist|style=text-indent:-1em; margin-left:1em;| * Co-[[chairman]] of the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] * Chairman of [[Branded Entertainment Network]] * Chairman of [[TerraPower]] * [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Cascade Investment]] * [[Technical advisor|Technology advisor]] at Microsoft}} | boards = {{ublist|[[Microsoft Corporation]]|[[Berkshire Hathaway]]}} | spouse = {{marriage|[[Melinda French Gates]]|1994|2021|reason=divorce}} | children = 3 | parents = {{ublist|[[Bill Gates Sr.|William Henry Gates Sr.]]|[[Mary Maxwell Gates]]}} | website = {{URL|gatesnotes.com}} | signature