Bill Gates
Actor
Born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, USA
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and the subsequent increase in its stock price, Gates became the world's then-youngest billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion. According to Forbes, as of February 2026, his net worth stood at US$107.7 billion, making him the 18th-wealthiest individual in the world. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Gates was privately educated at Lakeside School, where he befriended Allen and developed his computing interests. In 1973, he enrolled at Harvard University, where he took classes including Math 55 and graduate-level computer science courses, but he dropped out in 1975 to co-found and lead Microsoft. He served as its CEO for the next 25 years and also became president and chairman of the board when the company was incorporated in 1981. Succeeded as CEO by Steve Ballmer in 2000, he transitioned to chief software architect, a position he held until 2008. He stepped down as chairman of the board in 2014 and became technology adviser to CEO Satya Nadella and other Microsoft leaders, a position he still holds. He resigned from the board in 2020.
Filmography
America Who Are You? A History of the American Mindset
Self (archive footage)
Finding Satoshi
Self
Breakdown: 1975
Self
RTL Tonight
Self (Archive footage)
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Self
AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special
Self
Joko Winterscheidt Presents: The World's Most Dangerous Show
Self
Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story
Self
Icahn: The Restless Billionaire
Self
Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
Self (archive footage)
Power On: The Story of Xbox
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Monopoly: Who Owns the World?
Self (archive footage)
Amol Rajan Interviews
Self - Interviewed Guest
Tech Billionaires: Bill Gates
Himself
Toilettes sans tabou
Bill Gates
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Pandemic: The People, The Conspiracy, The Journey
Coronavirus, Explained
Self
One World: Together at Home
Self
Retro Tech
Self - Environmentalist & Philanthropist
Aces & Knaves
Self
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
Self
Axios
Self
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Self (archive footage)
You Quiz on the Block
Self
Explained
Self
trustWHO
Self (archive footage)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Self
Trump: An American Dream
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Код доступа
Self
Mosquito: Judgment Day For A Killer
Becoming Warren Buffett
Himself (archive footage)
Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?
Self (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Top Spin
Self - CEO, Microsoft
Silicon Valley
Bill Gates
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Face to Face
Self
Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
Self (archive footage)
Das Milliardenversprechen
Himself
Freakonomics
Himself
Epic Rap Battles of History
Roslings värld
Self - (archive footage)
Q&A
Self - Panellist
The Big Bang Theory
Bill Gates
All Things Digital: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
Himself
Buffett and Gates Go Back to School
Himself
Live 8
Self
Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
Self
Click
Self
maybrit illner
Self
Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet
Himself (co-founder, Microsoft)
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires
Self - Co-Founder, Microsoft
Triumph of the Nerds
Microsoft Judgment Day: Doom
William J. Blazkowicz III (Doom Slayer)
Kulturzeit
Self (archive footage)
Visions of Heaven and Hell
Self
Frasier
Bill Gates
Countryfile
Self
Citizen Steve
Self - Businessman
Newsnight
Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
60 Minutes
Self
Bambi
Self