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William Henry Gates, Sr. (born William Henry Gates II, November 30, 1925 – September 14, 2020) was an American attorney, philanthropist and author of the book Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime. He was the father of Bill Gates.

Gates was born on November 30, 1925 in Bremerton, Washington. He studied at the University of Washington. He was married to Mary Maxwell until her death in 1994. Gates was to Mimi Gardner. With Maxwell he had three children.

Gates Sr. died on September 14, 2020 from Alzheimer's disease at his home near Puget Sound, Washington at the age of 94.

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William Henry Gates IIIKBE (born October 28, 1955) is an Americanbusinessman and the co-founder and former chairman of Microsoft. He is the third-richest person in the world behind Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in net worth as of January 2021.

Early life

William Henry Gates III was born on October 28, 1955 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, U.S. He has British and German ancestry. His father William H. Gates, Sr. was a lawyer. His mother Mary Maxwell Gates served on the board of directors for First Interstate Banksystem and the United Way. His parents wanted him to be a lawyer. At the age of 13, Bill went to Lakeside High School.

Career

College career and the Founding of Microsoft

He was a freshman at Harvard University in 1973. He left Harvard to make software. Bill Gates saw an opportunity to transform the personal computer, which was expensive and difficult to use. He decided that computers could be made less expensive and easier to use. Gates started Microsoft in 1975 with Paul Allen in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gates then went on to develop the Windowsoperating system, which at first wasn't well-received but with time became the most used system in the world.

Retirement, philanthropy and charity work

In 2006, Gates announced he was going to quit his job at Microsoft. This was so he could do more charity work with his wife, Melinda. Their charity is called the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates' philanthropy projects have included vaccination of children in sub-SaharanAfrica, scholarship programs in the United States, and a mission to help organize other billionaires to redistribute their wealth. He likes to give money and support to human rights, education, and technological innovation.

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Mansion in Medina, Washington

Bill Gates designed and owns a mansion that is on Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. The 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m) mansion incorporates technology in its design. In 2009, property taxes were reported to be US$1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million.

The house was designed collaboratively by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Cutler-Anderson Architects of Bainbridge Island, Washington. The mansion is a modern design in the Pacific lodge style, with classic features such as a private library with a dome-shaped roof and oculus. The house features an estate-wide server system, a 60-foot (18 m) swimming pool with an underwater music system, a 2,500-square-foot (230 m) gym, and a 1,000-square-foot (93 m) dining room. There are six kitchens and 24 bathrooms, ten of which contain bathtubs.

The house was made fun of in Dilbert in January 1997 when the lead character was forced to become a towel boy after his failure to read an end-user license agreement over purchased Microsoft software. Some online news articles call the house Xanadu 2.0, a reference to the motion picture Citizen Kane, which was itself a reference to the opening lines of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's classic poem Kubla Khan.

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Rumah Bill Gates adalah sebuah puri besar di sisi sebuah bukit yang menghadap Lake Washington di Medina, Washington. Rumah seluas 66.000 sq ft (6.100 m) ini terkenal karena desain dan teknologi yang dimiliknya. Rumah ini dijuluki Xanadu 2.0.

Pada tahun 2009, pajak properti ini mencapai US$1,093 juta dengan nilai total US$147,5 juta.

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Rumah ini memiliki desain modern bergaya kabin Pasifik, dengan fitur klasik seperti perpustakaan pribadi besar beratap kubah dan okulus (sumber cahaya). Rumah ini juga memiliki sistem server menyeluruh, lantai berpenghangat dan jalan masuk. Tamu mengenakan pin yang dapat digunakan untuk menyesuaikan suhu, musik, dan penerangan suatu ruangan berdasarkan keinginan tamu tersebut.

Gates dan istrinya Melinda adalah penggemar The Great Gatsby karya F. Scott Fitzgerald, dan mereka mengukir sebuah kalimat dari halaman terakhir novel ini di perpustakaan rumah:

"He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it."

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