Bill Gates is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation. Some key facts about Gates include: - He was born in 1955 in Seattle, Washington and showed an early interest and aptitude in math and science. He dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft with Paul Allen. - Microsoft launched the first version of the Windows operating system in 1985, which became hugely popular and successful. Gates led Microsoft to dominate the computer operating system market. - He is one of the richest people in the world, having been the richest from 1995 to 2007. In 2000, he established the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which focuses on