Bill Gates, full name William Henry Gates (1955101October 28th-), chairman of Microsoft Corporation. He co-founded Microsoft with paul allen, served as the CEO and chief software designer of Microsoft, held more than 8% of the company's common stock and was the largest individual shareholder of the company. From 1995 to 2007, Bill Gates ranked the richest man in the world for 13 years in a row. On June 27, 2008, he officially quit Microsoft and donated all his personal property of $58 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 20 12 in March, the Forbes list of the world's richest people was released, and Bill Gates ranked second with 6 10 billion dollars.