Greedy egotistical schmuck, who apparently wrote all his own definitions for this website, puffing his own hat for "philanthropy" and some kind of "brilliance". When, in actuality, he is the author of nothing, the thief of DOS, plagiarist of everything else, and the first scam artist to rip off IBM on a "per-code-line" rate (which is why his software is so fat). Worse, whenever a postal employee or a Columbine freak goes off on a mass-slaughter raid, you should suspect Bill Gates, because his software is so lame, so defective, so ugly/insensitively fonted, violates privacy, and so crash-prone, it is the greatest source of human rage on this planet at any given moment. Philanthropy? This guy insists on imprisoning teachers for unlicensed installations in tenement schools worldwide, and Microsoft is the ONLY software company that refuses to give software to ANY non-profit organization. Generous? No way. Now, on a personal note, I went to a conference on standards back in the late 80s, and had the misfortune of sitting next to this freak. He smelled obscene. Both of us, on either side of him, were gagging for 2 hours. Discovered later (testimony from one of his early girlfriends) that the guy had such bad hygiene, he actually turned his underwear inside out, to extend their "use". Bill Gates is the reason LINUX was invented -to escape lousy MS-software!

correction, his current stock is worth over $100 billion now. Plus he donated $32 billion to educational purposes. Hes a good man and a philanthropist who made our world alot easier through Microsoft.

Very rich man, founder of the multi-billion dollar company microsoft. Created the Windows Operating System, which was found to be more userfriendly and useful than other operating systems at the time.

He is always the butt of jokes and envied for his money, so dumbasses say he is "SATANZ!!!11" or Hitler, even though he is co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Minority Scholarship and donates more than any other 2 celeberties to the research of AIDS. So fuck off, you stupid cocks.

A man ridiculed and envied for his wealth, when in reality he is one of the greatest philanthropist ever.

Destiny chose this guy to be what he is. A fucking genius.

An unselfish man who gaves away billions of dollars for education and other charitous services. How can he be evil? All you assholes hating on him...don't hate because you know damn well you'd love being the richest person in the world too.

Owns the company Microsoft, which makes and owns the rights to Windows, Explorer, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, FrontPage, Powerpoint etc. etc.). Therefore, incredibly profitable company in Seattle, as almost every business on the planet pays it a commission for using its software (excluding those in South East Asia, for example, where the copyright and patent treaties do not apply).

For general lust for power, in US historical terms, ranks far below the other earlier Robber Barons, like say J.P. Morgan, Rockefeller etc etc.

A term used to describe a person who gives more than they expect; an unselfish person.

As of 2009, the 3rd richest man in the world, he has made our lives easier through Microsoft and has redefined many times the meaning of "Personal Computer". Bill Gates, along with Steve jobs, have made our lives easier ever since the 1990's with the internet and the pc's and macs, and even though there's controversies about which is better, deep down, we all know there equal. He has donated billions of dollars to charities and will keep on doin' it until he's out of money. He is a good man and therefore deserves to be respected.