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[[Image:Technet gates.jpg|right|frame]] '''William (Bill) Henry Gates III''' (Seattle 1955 - ) is a [[theist/theism]]<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/bill-gates-it-makes-sense-believe-god Bill Gates says it makes sense to believe in God - CNS News]</ref> [[American]] businessman who was declared the richest person in the world from 1995 through 2007 according to ''Forbes''.<ref>http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/04/11/billionaires-helu-telecom-biz-cz_hc_0411helu.html</ref>. Founder and Chairman of [[Microsoft]] Corporation, he is seen as one of the entrepreneurs that made the personal [[computer]] revolution, although it is difficult to identify any innovations that actually came from his company. Many have criticized the anti-competitive and anti-innovative tactics of his company.
Gates began programming computers at age 13; in 1973, Gates entered [[Harvard University]]. There he developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair. In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he founded in 1975 with his childhood friend [[Paul Allen]].<ref>http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx</ref>
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates have three children, Jennifer Katharine, Rory John and Phoebe Adele. Gates likes to read and plays golf and bridge.
While Bill Gates has formerly described himself as an [[atheist]]/agnostic, he recently became a [[theist|theism]]<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/bill-gates-it-makes-sense-believe-god Bill Gates says it makes sense to believe in God - CNS News]</ref> and his wife Melinda Gates is a churchgoing [[Catholic]] considered to be responsible for reducing donations of the Gates wealth directly to fund [[abortion]]. Nevertheless, the [[Gates Foundation]], a charitable foundation established by Bill and Melinda Gates which is especially known for work on HIV/AIDS in Africa, provides substantial grants to organizations that promote abortion, such as the [[Planned Parenthood]] of Western Washington (recipient of a $200,000 grant from the Gates Foundation in January 3, 2007 for a youth development program). Moreover, a smaller percentage of grants by the Gates Foundation supports faith-based programs than even the federal government does.
The UK Independent reported on July 5, 2007 that Bill Gates "has acquired a major stake in a homosexual activist publishing company. ... The online material put out by the company features hard core homosexual pornography."<ref>http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07070509.html</ref>