Bill Gates Net Worth

Bill Gates Net Worth: $78.2 Billion

Full Name; William Henry Gates III

Height; 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)

Marital Status; Married (Melinda Gates)

Ethnicity; English, German, Scots-Irish

Occupation; Chairman of Microsoft, Businessman, Investor

Children; 3 (Jennifer Katharine, Phoebe Adele, Rory John)

Nationality; United States

Source of Wealth; Microsoft

Date of Birth; October 28, 1955

Education; Dropout, Harvard University

America’s one of the richest personalities William Henry Gates III was born in Seattle, Washington, United States, on October 28, 1955 and got his entire education from Harvard University.

American renowned philanthropist, computer programmer, businessman and writer, who is better known by name Bill Gates.

Bill Gates net worth of $78.2 billion; according to Forbes’ July list of world’s richest persons, the software giant has a Bill Gates net worth of $78.2 billion. The 59-year-old Gates is co-founder of the world’s largest computer software company, Microsoft, with partner Paul Allen.

Washington based American multinational technology company was formed on 4 April, 1975 by Bill Gates as the CEO, while but quitted Microsoft in year 2008. After quitting the Microsoft from his CEO post, focused on his charity work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Bill tied the knot with US businessperson, philanthropist Melinda French Gates in 1994 and both launched their charitable foundation together. Now, Gates known as the world’s second-richest person and United States’ richest person, reason why has Bill Gates net worth net worth of $78.2 billion.

After listing his name in chart of world’s billionaires, has donated more than $28 billion, even encouraged some other countries wealthiest personalities goal to donate the majority of their income to charity during their lifetimes. Gates began giving to charity in 1999, first donated amount of $16 billion while working in Microsoft as CEO to his family foundation.

The aim of Gates’ charity is to fight against the dangerous disease as tuberculosis, AIDS, polio and as well to remove the hunger mostly in Africa.