Bill Gates BILL GATES Gates in 2012 Born William Henry Gates III October 28, 1955 (age 57) Seattle , WA , US Residence Medina , WA, US Nationality American Alma mater Harvard University ( dropped out ) Occupation Co-founder and Chairman of Microsoft Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO of Cascade Investment Chairman of Corbis Years active 1975–present Net worth US$ 67 billion (2013) [ 1 ] Board member of Berkshire Hathaway Religion Agnostic [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Spouse(s) Melinda Gates (1994–present) Children 3 Parents William H. Gates, Sr. Mary Maxwell Gates Signature Website Bill Gates William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) [ 4 ] is an American business magnate , investor, programmer, [ 5 ] inventor [ 6 ] and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft , the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-...
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Board of Directors Larry Page , one of our founders, has served as a member of our board of directors since our inception in September 1998, and as our Chief Executive Officer since April 4, 2011. From July 2001 to April 3, 2011, Larry served as our President, Products. In addition, from September 1998 to July 2001, Larry served as our Chief Executive Officer, and from September 1998 to July 2002, as our Chief Financial Officer. Larry holds a Master of Science degree in computer science from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, with a concentration in computer engineering, from the University of Michigan. Sergey Brin , one of our founders, has served as a member of our board of directors since our inception in September 1998. From July 2001 to April 3, 2011, Serge...
Google's Android chief Andy Rubin steps down SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Andy Rubin, the architect of Android, the world's top-selling mobile operating system, has decided to step down as Google Inc combines mobile software divisions under one roof, the company said on Wednesday. SUNDAR PICHAI Google appointed Sundar Pichai, the executive overseeing its Chrome web browser and applications like Google Drive and Gmail, to take over Rubin's responsibilities, hinting at how the company with the dominant Internet search engine intends to address the rise of mobile devices. In a blog post, Larry Page, Google's chief executive and co-founder, credited Rubin for evangelizing Android several years ago and building it into a free, open-source platform that runs on nearly three-quarters of the world's smartphones and is used by the world's largest handset manufacturers, from Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to HTC Corp. "Having exceeded even the crazy ambi...