![]() In 1967 the Lakeside Mothers Club used the proceeds from rummage sales to buy a Digital training terminal that was linked by phone to a computer at a local computer company. His parents enrolled him at Lakeside School, a private institution known for its rigorous academic standards. His father was a partner in a prominent Seattle law firm, his mother, a former teacher, was a member of the University of Washington Board of Regents and the boards of several corporations. Born to William Henry Gates Jr., and Mary (Maxwell) Gates, the only son of a lawyer and an educator, Gates is the second of three children. In October 2017, his estimated net worth was US$89.9 billion. From 1995 to 2017, he held the Forbes title of the richest person in the world all but four of those years. He is one of the best-known entrepreneurs and pioneers of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. American business magnate, software developer, investor, and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. ![]()
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