Bill Gates
Chair of the Gates Foundation; co-founder of Microsoft · United States[1]
Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and is sole chair of the Gates Foundation, which has said it will spend down and close by 31 December 2045. He also founded Breakthrough Energy and chairs Cascade Investment and TerraPower.
- Born
- October 28, 1955
Life phases2
One octagon for each phase of the life of Bill Gates. Each of the eight axes is scored 0 to 5 against a written rubric from documented evidence, with its source; an axis without evidence is a gap, not a zero. There is no total and no ideal shape: it is a profile, not a ranking. Appearance and personality are not axes, because they cannot be scored from evidence.
- Microsoft co-founder and CEO · 1975–2000
- Foundation co-chair and technology adviser · 2000–2024
No total and no ideal shape: a longer spoke means more of that axis, so a long Misconduct spoke is more documented misconduct.
Scores, rubric and sources
| Microsoft co-founder and CEO | Foundation co-chair and technology adviser | |
|---|---|---|
| 01Education | 2 | 2 |
| 02Wealth | 5 | 5 |
| 03Position | 5 | 5 |
| 04Public standing | – | – |
| 05Health | – | – |
| 06Misconduct | – | 3 |
| 07Social good | – | 3.5 |
| 08Economic good | – | – |
Every phase side by side; a dash is an axis with no evidence in that phase. Pick one phase for its rubric, confidence and sources.
Health, weight and religion appear only where the person, their physician or a reputable outlet has published them; each links to its source.