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Originally premiered on PBS in June 1996
Quoted from Daily Motion:
TRIUMPH OF THE NERDS: STEVE JOBS & BILL GATES PART 3 OF 3
-Bill Gates-
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur,
philanthropist and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded
with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO
and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder
with more than 8% of the common stock.
The annual Forbes magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked Gates
as the richest person in the world since 1995, with recent estimates putting his
net worth near $56 billion. When family wealth is considered, his family ranks
second behind the Walton family, heirs of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. In July
2007, Fortune Magazine reported that the increase in value Mexican billionaire
Carlos Slim's holdings of stock caused him to surpass Bill Gates as the world's
richest man.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer
revolution. Although he is widely admired, his business tactics have been
criticized as anti-competitive and in some instances ruled as such in court.
Since amassing his fortune, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic
endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations
and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
established in 2000.
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