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Bill Gates

William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is ranked consistently one of the world's wealthiest people and the wealthiest overall as of 2009. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books. Read More

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In Australia, It’s Rinehart Who is The Most Powerful Woman, Not Gillard, Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women

By IBTimes AU

Being a country's topmost political leader does not necessarily equate to being most powerful. In Australia, Julia Gillard may be the Prime Minister, but is it Gina Rinehart who is the most powerful woman of Australia, according to Forbes magazi... (12:59 pm)

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Gina Rinehart Retains Richest Person in Australia Title With $22B Wealth

By IBTimes AU

Even though a Walton took her crown away as the richest woman in the world, Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart is still the country's richest person, the BRW magazine confirmed on Wednesday. (8:38 am)

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Bill Gates
Bill Gates Is Richest Man In The World With Personal Net Worth Of $72.2 Billion

By IBTimes AU

Bill Gates is richest man in the world again since 2007 with a personal net wealth of $72.2 billion according to Bloomberg. He snatched the title from former No. 1 Mexican mobile phone mogul Carlos Slim. (May 19)

MORE TOPICS: MICROSOFT, AIDS, INVESTMENT, CONGRESS

Bill Gates, worth $US54 billion, and residing in USA
Bill Gates Grabs Back Title Richest Person in the World in Bloomberg Billionaires List

By IBTimes AU

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, topped the Billionaires' List of Bloomberg, released on Friday. He grabbed the title World's Richest Person from Carlos Slim of Mexico. (May 17)

MORE TOPICS: MICROSOFT, WARREN BUFFETT, MEXICO, CONGRESS

Microsoft CEO Ballmer presenting Windows 8
Blue Windows 8 Version to Set Things Right

By Industry Leaders Magazine

The Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Operating System's latest version is finding its way to meet user expectation. Windows 8 debuted back in 2012 and has seen most buyers of the OS, grumble, rant and finally downgrade to the previous version - crisp and comfortable Windows 7. (May 14)

MORE TOPICS: MICROSOFT, APPLE INC., STEVE BALLMER, SAMSUNG, RETAIL, ANDROID

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'We Grew Up Together' - Bill Gates Fondly Remembers Steve Jobs

By IBTimes UK

Emotional Bill Gates talks of 'growing up together' with late Apple founder, friend and rival Steve Jobs. (May 13)

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Windows 8
Microsoft Sells 100 Million Windows 8 Licenses in 6 Months; To Give Public Preview of Windows Blue in June

By IBTimes AU

Microsoft has sold over 100 million copies of Windows 8 since it started to ship the new operating system six months ago on Oct 26, 2012. The information, reverses previous observation that the new OS was not moving in store shelves as fast as the ma... (May 08)

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Bill Gates: 'Harder and Harder' to Distinguish Tablet from PC

By IBTimes UK

Chairman and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has said tablets like the iPad leave people feeling frustrated without a proper typing experience and no Microsoft Office. (May 07)

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Smaller, Cheaper Surface Tablet Coming Soon?

By IBTimes AU

Speculations are circulating that Microsoft will soon release in the market a smaller and cheaper Surface tablet. (May 07)

MORE TOPICS: MICROSOFT, HP, IPAD, ARCHITECTURE

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Warren Buffett Invades Twitterland; Gets 188,000 Followers Right Away

By IBTimes AU

nvestment guru Warren Buffet just opened an account with Twitter with the handle @WarrenBuffet, and he already has more than 188,000 followers in a matter of hours. (May 03)

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