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William Henry Gates II [1] (November 30, 1925 – September 14, 2020), better known as Bill Gates Sr., was an American attorney, philanthropist, and civic leader. He was the founder of the law firm Shidler McBroom & Gates (a predecessor of K&L Gates ), [2] and also served as president of both the Seattle King County and Washington State Bar ...
- William Henry Gates II, November 30, 1925, Bremerton, Washington, U.S.
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Aug 31, 2017 · The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated billions to the cause of improving global health, largely by sponsoring vaccine and agricultural programs in Third World countries. In an interview on the PBS program NOW with Bill Moyes (May 9, 2003), Moyes asked Gates how, given his background at Microsoft, he came to this champion this ...
- Bill Gates’ Mom, Mary Maxwell Gates, Helped Her Son Secure a Contract with IBM. Bill Gates’ mom, Mary Gates, helped her son form a lucrative relationship with I.B.M., securing a contract with his fledgling company, Microsoft, according to the New York Times.
- Mary Maxwell Gates Died at Age 64 After Making Several ‘Firsts’ as a Businesswoman. Seattle Public Schools Athletics. @SPSAthletics206 · Follow. On This #ThrowBackThursday I bring you Mary Maxwell Gates.
- Bill Gates Sr. Was Credited With Saving Starbucks When He Was an Attorney. When Starbucks was a small company with only six stores and a total business value of $3.8 million, a man who is now Starbucks executive chairman nearly lost the business in an underhanded deal, according to Yahoo Finance.
- Bill Gates Parents Were Married for 44 Years Before His Mom’s Death in 1994. Bill Gates’ parents, Bill Gates Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates, met while they were both attending the University of Washington.
Jan 6, 2021 · Bill Gates father, William Gates Sr., worked on the board of Planned Parenthood, along with other charities. ... The younger Bill Gates, not his mother, founded Microsoft in 1975 with his friend ...
23 hours ago · Bill Gates and his father Bill Gates, Sr. attend Bill Gates: A Conversation with My Father at the 92nd Street Y on June 2, 2010 in New York City. Bobby Bank/WireImage
For more than six decades, Gates, ’49, ’50, befriended his alma mater. At the UW, he excelled at undergraduate studies and law school, met and romanced his wife, embarked on a career, rose to the Board of Regents, and raised record sums to benefit students and faculty. The law school’s 196,000-square-foot, six-story building bears his name.
William Henry Gates III was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington as the only son of William H. Gates Sr. (1925–2020) and his first wife, Mary Maxwell Gates (1929–1994). His ancestry includes English, German, and Irish/Scots-Irish.
