Monday, October 27, 2008

bill gates the richman in the world

lliam Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, USA)[3] is an American business magnate, philanthropist, the world"s third richest person (as of Feb. 11th, 2008),[2] the richest American (as of Sept. 17th, 2008),[4] and chairman[5] of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8 percent of the common stock.[6] He has also authored or co-authored several books.